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Page 95
... reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more fre- quently by what perverseness of industry they were ever found . But Wit , abstracted from its effects upon the hearer , may be more rigorously and philosophically ...
... reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more fre- quently by what perverseness of industry they were ever found . But Wit , abstracted from its effects upon the hearer , may be more rigorously and philosophically ...
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... reader may be weary , though the critick may commend . Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight ; by their power of attracting and detaining the attention . That book is good in vain , which the reader throws away . He ...
... reader may be weary , though the critick may commend . Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight ; by their power of attracting and detaining the attention . That book is good in vain , which the reader throws away . He ...
Page 228
... reader with two syllables more than he expected . The effect of the Triplet is the same : the ear has been accustomed to expect a new rhyme in every couplet ; but is on a sudden surprised with three rhymes together , to which the reader ...
... reader with two syllables more than he expected . The effect of the Triplet is the same : the ear has been accustomed to expect a new rhyme in every couplet ; but is on a sudden surprised with three rhymes together , to which the reader ...
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Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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Absalom and Achitophel Addison afterwards appears beauties blank verse called censured character Charles Dryden comedy composition Congreve considered Cowley criticism death delight diction diligence dramatick Dryden Dunciad Earl easily elegance endeavoured English English poetry epick epitaph Euripides excellence fancy favour friends genius heroick Homer honour Iliad images imitation Jacob Tonson John Dryden judgement Juvenal kind King known labour lady language Latin learning Letters lines lived Lord Lord Halifax metaphysical poets Milton mind nature never numbers opinion Paradise Lost passions perhaps Pindar play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise preface produced publick published reader reason remarks reputation rhyme satire says seems sentiments shew shewn sometimes stanza supposed tell things Thomson thou thought tion told tragedy translation Tyrannick Love verses versification Virgil virtue WILLIAM CONGREVE words write written wrote