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Page 43
... best wits of that time , who com- bined against Dryden . Another line likewife of POPE exactly characterises him . The penfive Cowley's moral lay.Vol . VI . p . 37 . His general preface ; his difcourfe concerning Cromwell ; his effays ...
... best wits of that time , who com- bined against Dryden . Another line likewife of POPE exactly characterises him . The penfive Cowley's moral lay.Vol . VI . p . 37 . His general preface ; his difcourfe concerning Cromwell ; his effays ...
Page 156
... best support a poem , will result from a variety of paufes , and from an in- termixture of thofe different feet ( iambic and trochaïc particularly ) into which our language naturally falls , than from the uni- formity of fimilar ...
... best support a poem , will result from a variety of paufes , and from an in- termixture of thofe different feet ( iambic and trochaïc particularly ) into which our language naturally falls , than from the uni- formity of fimilar ...
Page 381
... best poets , orators , and hif- torians , of the best ages , to be able to compofe Effays , Declamations , and Verfes , in Greek , in Latin , and in English ; and in fome of these schools , to write critical re- marks on Homer ...
... best poets , orators , and hif- torians , of the best ages , to be able to compofe Effays , Declamations , and Verfes , in Greek , in Latin , and in English ; and in fome of these schools , to write critical re- marks on Homer ...
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