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Page 59
Denham saw the better way , but has not pursued it with great success . His versions of Virgil are not pleasing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on ' Old Age ' has neither the clearness of ...
Denham saw the better way , but has not pursued it with great success . His versions of Virgil are not pleasing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on ' Old Age ' has neither the clearness of ...
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Newton was in his eightyfifth year improving his Chronology , a few days before his death ; and Waller appears not , in my opinion , to have lost at eighty - two any part of his poetical power . His Sacred Poems do not please like some ...
Newton was in his eightyfifth year improving his Chronology , a few days before his death ; and Waller appears not , in my opinion , to have lost at eighty - two any part of his poetical power . His Sacred Poems do not please like some ...
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But that when an author writes a tragedy , who knows he has neither genius nor judgement , he has recourse to the making a party , and he endeavours to make up in industry what is wanting in talent , and to supply by poetical craft the ...
But that when an author writes a tragedy , who knows he has neither genius nor judgement , he has recourse to the making a party , and he endeavours to make up in industry what is wanting in talent , and to supply by poetical craft the ...
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