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... thoughts of the ancients in their language ; Cowley , without much loss of purity or elegance , accommo- dates the ... thought proper , fitted his old comedy of " The Guardian " for the stage , he produced it under the title of " The ...
... thoughts of the ancients in their language ; Cowley , without much loss of purity or elegance , accommo- dates the ... thought proper , fitted his old comedy of " The Guardian " for the stage , he produced it under the title of " The ...
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... thought , but was never before so well ex- pressed , " they certainly never attained , nor ever sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were careless of their diction . But Pope's account of wit is ...
... thought , but was never before so well ex- pressed , " they certainly never attained , nor ever sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were careless of their diction . But Pope's account of wit is ...
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... thought which at once fills the whole mind , and of which the first effect is sudden atonishment , and the second rational admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always ...
... thought which at once fills the whole mind , and of which the first effect is sudden atonishment , and the second rational admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always ...
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... thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy : the series of ... thought to be the worse for being true . The bay leaf crackles remarkably as it burns ; as therefore this property ...
... thoughts , but they are not well wrought . His elegy on Sir Henry Wotton is vigorous and happy : the series of ... thought to be the worse for being true . The bay leaf crackles remarkably as it burns ; as therefore this property ...
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... thought . Real mirth must always be natural , and nature is uniform . Men have been wise in very different modes ; but they have always laughed the same way . Levity of thought naturally produced familiarity of language , and the ...
... thought . Real mirth must always be natural , and nature is uniform . Men have been wise in very different modes ; but they have always laughed the same way . Levity of thought naturally produced familiarity of language , and the ...
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