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Page 127
... reader admires and lays down , and for- gets to take up again . None ever wished it longer than it is . Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure . We read Milton for instruction , retire harassed and overburdened , and look ...
... reader admires and lays down , and for- gets to take up again . None ever wished it longer than it is . Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure . We read Milton for instruction , retire harassed and overburdened , and look ...
Page 321
... reader may be weary , though the critick may commend . Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight ; by their power of attracting and detaining the attention . That book is good in vain , which the reader 83 M DRYDEN 321.
... reader may be weary , though the critick may commend . Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight ; by their power of attracting and detaining the attention . That book is good in vain , which the reader 83 M DRYDEN 321.
Page 330
... reader with two syllabies more than he expected . The effect of the Triplet is the same : the ear has been accustomed to expect a new rhyme in every couplet ; but is on a sudden surprised with three rhymes together , to which the reader ...
... reader with two syllabies more than he expected . The effect of the Triplet is the same : the ear has been accustomed to expect a new rhyme in every couplet ; but is on a sudden surprised with three rhymes together , to which the reader ...
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