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... better than in the fourth , and the close of the second quotation better than of the third : The evil soon Drawn back , redounded ( as a flood ) on those From whom it sprung ; impossible to mix With blessedness . What we by day Lop ...
... better than in the fourth , and the close of the second quotation better than of the third : The evil soon Drawn back , redounded ( as a flood ) on those From whom it sprung ; impossible to mix With blessedness . What we by day Lop ...
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... better , I do not undertake to prove ; it is sufficient that they are Shakespeare's : if phraseology is to be ... better to ax . V.i.77 . HAMLET . ass o'er - offices This might be the pate of a politician , which this - In the quarto ...
... better , I do not undertake to prove ; it is sufficient that they are Shakespeare's : if phraseology is to be ... better to ax . V.i.77 . HAMLET . ass o'er - offices This might be the pate of a politician , which this - In the quarto ...
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... better means of information . His mind has a larger range , and he collects his images and illustrations from a more extensive circum- ference of science . Dryden knew more of man in his general nature , and Pope in his local manners ...
... better means of information . His mind has a larger range , and he collects his images and illustrations from a more extensive circum- ference of science . Dryden knew more of man in his general nature , and Pope in his local manners ...
Contents
JOHNSON ON SHAKESPEARE | 43 |
Note on the Text and Acknowledgment | 58 |
EARLY PERIODICAL CRITICISM | 59 |
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