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Page 12
... considered as wit which is at once natural and new , that which , though not obvious , is , upon its first production , acknowledged to be just ; if it be that which he that never found it wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind the ...
... considered as wit which is at once natural and new , that which , though not obvious , is , upon its first production , acknowledged to be just ; if it be that which he that never found it wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind the ...
Page 29
... considered as the verses of a lover , no man that has ever loved will much commend them . They are neither courtly nor pathetic , have neither gallantry nor fondness . His praises are too far sought , and too hyper- bolical , either to ...
... considered as the verses of a lover , no man that has ever loved will much commend them . They are neither courtly nor pathetic , have neither gallantry nor fondness . His praises are too far sought , and too hyper- bolical , either to ...
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... considered ; a poem which the author designed to have extended to twelve books , merely , as he makes no scruple of declaring , because the Eneid had that number : but he had leisure or perseverance only to write the third part . Epic ...
... considered ; a poem which the author designed to have extended to twelve books , merely , as he makes no scruple of declaring , because the Eneid had that number : but he had leisure or perseverance only to write the third part . Epic ...
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... considered as of unrivalled ex- cellence . Clarendon represents him as having taken a flight beyond all that went before him ; and Milton is said to have declared , that the three greatest English poets were Spenser , Shakspeare , and ...
... considered as of unrivalled ex- cellence . Clarendon represents him as having taken a flight beyond all that went before him ; and Milton is said to have declared , that the three greatest English poets were Spenser , Shakspeare , and ...
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... considered , that words being arbitrary must owe their power to association , and have the influence , and that only , which custom has given them . Language is the dress of thought : and as the noblest mien , or most graceful action ...
... considered , that words being arbitrary must owe their power to association , and have the influence , and that only , which custom has given them . Language is the dress of thought : and as the noblest mien , or most graceful action ...
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