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Page 52
... less likely to be well received , if fome of his verfes did not introduce it . The price of a prologue was two guineas , till , being asked to write one for Mr. Southern , he demanded three ; " Not , " faid he , " young man , out " of ...
... less likely to be well received , if fome of his verfes did not introduce it . The price of a prologue was two guineas , till , being asked to write one for Mr. Southern , he demanded three ; " Not , " faid he , " young man , out " of ...
Page 129
... less he would have written better ; or that indeed he would have undergone the toil of an author , if he had not been folicited by VOL . II . K fome- fomething more preffing than the love of praise . But DRYDEN . 129.
... less he would have written better ; or that indeed he would have undergone the toil of an author , if he had not been folicited by VOL . II . K fome- fomething more preffing than the love of praise . But DRYDEN . 129.
Page 140
... less afraid of no- velty , had already poffeffion of thofe dread- ful images . Waller had defcribed a fea- fight . Milton had not yet transferred the invention of fire - arms to the rebellious angels . This poem is written with great ...
... less afraid of no- velty , had already poffeffion of thofe dread- ful images . Waller had defcribed a fea- fight . Milton had not yet transferred the invention of fire - arms to the rebellious angels . This poem is written with great ...
Page 173
... less to the purpose than " ordinary , " Ver . 33 . " The patron of the world , and Rome's pecu- " liar guard , " Idle , and none of Virgil's , no more than the fenfe of the precedent couplet ; fo " again , he interpolates Virgil with ...
... less to the purpose than " ordinary , " Ver . 33 . " The patron of the world , and Rome's pecu- " liar guard , " Idle , and none of Virgil's , no more than the fenfe of the precedent couplet ; fo " again , he interpolates Virgil with ...
Page 296
... Cleiveland . The general character of Parnell is not great extent of comprehenfion , or fertility of mind . Of the little that appears still less is HTДAO his own . His praise must be derived from thedeafy his 296 € PJAIRIN ET LA LA.
... Cleiveland . The general character of Parnell is not great extent of comprehenfion , or fertility of mind . Of the little that appears still less is HTДAO his own . His praise must be derived from thedeafy his 296 € PJAIRIN ET LA LA.
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