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... raise great expectations of the rising poet . When the king was restored , Dryden , like the other pane- gyrists of ... raised him enemies . The same year he praised the new king in a second poem on his restoration . In the ASTREA was ...
... raise great expectations of the rising poet . When the king was restored , Dryden , like the other pane- gyrists of ... raised him enemies . The same year he praised the new king in a second poem on his restoration . In the ASTREA was ...
Page 232
... raised , certainly this author follows Aristotle's rules , and Sophocles ' and Euripides's ex- ample : but joy may be raised too , and that doubly ; either by seeing a wicked man punished , or a good man at last fortunate ; or perhaps ...
... raised , certainly this author follows Aristotle's rules , and Sophocles ' and Euripides's ex- ample : but joy may be raised too , and that doubly ; either by seeing a wicked man punished , or a good man at last fortunate ; or perhaps ...
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... raising these two passions : and suppose them ever to have been excellently acted , yet action only adds grace ... raise those passions ; but experience proves against him , that these means , which they have used , have been successful ...
... raising these two passions : and suppose them ever to have been excellently acted , yet action only adds grace ... raise those passions ; but experience proves against him , that these means , which they have used , have been successful ...
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Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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