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... must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have had in fo many fucceffive years , yet at present a in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 9 pf Cowley. "Chaucer is a ...
... must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have had in fo many fucceffive years , yet at present a in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 9 pf Cowley. "Chaucer is a ...
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... must beg leave to select a few paffages from these three poems ; and the reader must not think any obfervations on the character of Dryden , the constant pat- * The falling off of his hair , said a man of wit , had no other confequence ...
... must beg leave to select a few paffages from these three poems ; and the reader must not think any obfervations on the character of Dryden , the constant pat- * The falling off of his hair , said a man of wit , had no other confequence ...
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... must be the critic , who could have leifure dully and foberly to attend to the anachronifm on fo ftriking an occafion . The mind is whirled away by a torrent of rapid imagery , and pro- priety is forgot . THE tale of Sigifmonda and ...
... must be the critic , who could have leifure dully and foberly to attend to the anachronifm on fo ftriking an occafion . The mind is whirled away by a torrent of rapid imagery , and pro- priety is forgot . THE tale of Sigifmonda and ...
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... must be owned , that his ode on the power of mufic , which is the chief ornament of this volume , is the most un- rivalled C 2 rivalled of his compofitions . By that strange fatality which AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 19 and I place them last ...
... must be owned , that his ode on the power of mufic , which is the chief ornament of this volume , is the most un- rivalled C 2 rivalled of his compofitions . By that strange fatality which AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 19 and I place them last ...
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... must needs hunt for remote and artificial decorations Thus was it that the age of Demetrius Phalerëus fuc- ceeded that of Demofthenes , and the false relish of Tiberius's court , the chaste one of Auguftus . Among the various causes how ...
... must needs hunt for remote and artificial decorations Thus was it that the age of Demetrius Phalerëus fuc- ceeded that of Demofthenes , and the false relish of Tiberius's court , the chaste one of Auguftus . Among the various causes how ...
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