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... subjects I ever be " had , fo what I have written on them is " much better than what I have performed " on any other . As I have endeavoured to " adorn my poem with noble thoughts , fo " much more to exprefs thofe thoughts with ...
... subjects I ever be " had , fo what I have written on them is " much better than what I have performed " on any other . As I have endeavoured to " adorn my poem with noble thoughts , fo " much more to exprefs thofe thoughts with ...
Page 71
... subject to have ftrongly fixed the publick attention . In the two firft dialogues Bayes is brought into the company of Crites and Eugenius , with whom he had formerly debated on dra- matick poetry . The two talkers in the third are Mr ...
... subject to have ftrongly fixed the publick attention . In the two firft dialogues Bayes is brought into the company of Crites and Eugenius , with whom he had formerly debated on dra- matick poetry . The two talkers in the third are Mr ...
Page 165
... The original im- propriety , and the fubfequent unpopularity of the subject , added to the ridiculousness of its first elements , has funk it into neglect ; M 3 but but it may be usefully ftudied , as an exam- DRY D E N. 165.
... The original im- propriety , and the fubfequent unpopularity of the subject , added to the ridiculousness of its first elements , has funk it into neglect ; M 3 but but it may be usefully ftudied , as an exam- DRY D E N. 165.
Page 227
... Subjects were never in fuch esteem , either for elegy and congratulation , as when he contributed moft largely to them ; and it was natural for thofe , who knew his pecu- liar way of writing , to turn to his fhare in the work , as by ...
... Subjects were never in fuch esteem , either for elegy and congratulation , as when he contributed moft largely to them ; and it was natural for thofe , who knew his pecu- liar way of writing , to turn to his fhare in the work , as by ...
Page 234
... subject of useful lite- rature , nobody fhone to greater advantage : he feemed to be that Memmius whom Lu- cretius fpeaks of : Quem tu , Dea , tempore in omni- Omnibus ornatum voluifti excellere rebus . His works are not many , and ...
... subject of useful lite- rature , nobody fhone to greater advantage : he feemed to be that Memmius whom Lu- cretius fpeaks of : Quem tu , Dea , tempore in omni- Omnibus ornatum voluifti excellere rebus . His works are not many , and ...
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