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Page 8
... the multitude , no man , perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation
and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to
exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence
.
... the multitude , no man , perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation
and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to
exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence
.
Page 9
These unlucky incidents are brought , maliciously enough , together in some
stanzas , written about that time , on the choice of a laureat ; a mode of satire , by
which , since it was first introduced by Suckling , perhaps every generation of
poets ...
These unlucky incidents are brought , maliciously enough , together in some
stanzas , written about that time , on the choice of a laureat ; a mode of satire , by
which , since it was first introduced by Suckling , perhaps every generation of
poets ...
Page 14
... in the mass of materials which ingenious absurdity has thrown together ,
genuine wit and useful knowledge may be sometimes found buried perhaps in
grossness of expression , but useful to those who know their value ; and such as ,
when ...
... in the mass of materials which ingenious absurdity has thrown together ,
genuine wit and useful knowledge may be sometimes found buried perhaps in
grossness of expression , but useful to those who know their value ; and such as ,
when ...
Page 18
a On reading the following lines , the reader may perhaps cry out - Confusion
worse confounded : Here lies a she sun , and a he moon here , She gives the
best light to his sphere , Or each is both , and all , and so They unto one another ...
a On reading the following lines , the reader may perhaps cry out - Confusion
worse confounded : Here lies a she sun , and a he moon here , She gives the
best light to his sphere , Or each is both , and all , and so They unto one another ...
Page 23
Their expressions sometimes raise horror , when they intend perhaps to be
pathetic : As men in hell are from diseases free , So from all other ills'am I , Free
from their known formality : But all pains eminently lie in thee . COWLEY . They
were ...
Their expressions sometimes raise horror , when they intend perhaps to be
pathetic : As men in hell are from diseases free , So from all other ills'am I , Free
from their known formality : But all pains eminently lie in thee . COWLEY . They
were ...
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