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Page 69
... wrote so much , and praised so few . Of his praise he was very frugal ; as he set its value high , and considered his mention of a name as a security against the waste of time , and a certain pre- servative from oblivion . At Florence ...
... wrote so much , and praised so few . Of his praise he was very frugal ; as he set its value high , and considered his mention of a name as a security against the waste of time , and a certain pre- servative from oblivion . At Florence ...
Page 239
... wrote , and made no difficulty of de- claring that he wrote , only to please , and who perhaps knew that by his dexterity of versification he was more likely to excel others in rhyme than without it , very rapidly adopted his master's ...
... wrote , and made no difficulty of de- claring that he wrote , only to please , and who perhaps knew that by his dexterity of versification he was more likely to excel others in rhyme than without it , very rapidly adopted his master's ...
Page 307
... wrote this poem , seems not yet fully to have formed his versification , or settled his system of propriety . From this time , he addicted himself almost wholly to the stage , to which , says he , my genius never much inclined me ...
... wrote this poem , seems not yet fully to have formed his versification , or settled his system of propriety . From this time , he addicted himself almost wholly to the stage , to which , says he , my genius never much inclined me ...
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