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Page 141
... forming the character of Hudibras , and describing his person and habiliments , the author seems to labour with a ... formed , or in what manner he would have rewarded or punished his hero , it is now vain to conjecture . His BUTLER 141.
... forming the character of Hudibras , and describing his person and habiliments , the author seems to labour with a ... formed , or in what manner he would have rewarded or punished his hero , it is now vain to conjecture . His BUTLER 141.
Page 157
... formed the plan of a society for refining our language , and fixing its standard ; in imitation , says Fenton , of those learned and polite societies with which he had been acquainted abroad . In this design his friend Dryden is said ...
... formed the plan of a society for refining our language , and fixing its standard ; in imitation , says Fenton , of those learned and polite societies with which he had been acquainted abroad . In this design his friend Dryden is said ...
Page 271
... formed to write an epick poem on the actions either of Arthur or the Black Prince . He considered the epick as necessarily including some kind of super- natural agency , and had imagined a new kind of contest between the guardian angels ...
... formed to write an epick poem on the actions either of Arthur or the Black Prince . He considered the epick as necessarily including some kind of super- natural agency , and had imagined a new kind of contest between the guardian angels ...
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