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Page 86
Joseph Warton. PERHAPS a stronger example cannot be found , of taking notions upon truft with- out any examination , than the univerfal cenfure that has been paffed upon the Stoics , as if they ... PERHAPS a stronger example cannot be ...
Joseph Warton. PERHAPS a stronger example cannot be found , of taking notions upon truft with- out any examination , than the univerfal cenfure that has been paffed upon the Stoics , as if they ... PERHAPS a stronger example cannot be ...
Page 154
... Perhaps rhyme may be propereft for fhorter pieces ; for lyric , elegiac , and fatiric poems ; for pieces where clofeness of expreffion , and smartness of style , are expected ; but for subjects of a higher order , where any enthusiasm ...
... Perhaps rhyme may be propereft for fhorter pieces ; for lyric , elegiac , and fatiric poems ; for pieces where clofeness of expreffion , and smartness of style , are expected ; but for subjects of a higher order , where any enthusiasm ...
Page 225
... perhaps , in Congreve's too witty Comedies , particularly in the Way of the World , and in Young's Satires . For inftance : Critics on verfe , as fquibs on triumphs , wait , Proclaim the glory , and augment the state ; Hot , envious ...
... perhaps , in Congreve's too witty Comedies , particularly in the Way of the World , and in Young's Satires . For inftance : Critics on verfe , as fquibs on triumphs , wait , Proclaim the glory , and augment the state ; Hot , envious ...
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