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... probably cold ; yet poetry has never been re- fused the right of afcribing effects or agency to them as to pofitive powers . No man fcruples to fay that darkness hinders him from his work ; or that cold has killed the plants . Death is ...
... probably cold ; yet poetry has never been re- fused the right of afcribing effects or agency to them as to pofitive powers . No man fcruples to fay that darkness hinders him from his work ; or that cold has killed the plants . Death is ...
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... probably to ridicule the reigning poet , whoever he might be . Much of the perfonal fatire , to which it might owe its firft reception , is now loft or obfcured . E 4 obfcured . Bayes probably imitated the dress , and mimicked DRY D E N.
... probably to ridicule the reigning poet , whoever he might be . Much of the perfonal fatire , to which it might owe its firft reception , is now loft or obfcured . E 4 obfcured . Bayes probably imitated the dress , and mimicked DRY D E N.
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Samuel Johnson. obfcured . Bayes probably imitated the dress , and mimicked the manner , of Dryden : the cant words which are fo often in his mouth may be supposed to have been Dryden's ha- bitual phrases , or customary exclamations ...
Samuel Johnson. obfcured . Bayes probably imitated the dress , and mimicked the manner , of Dryden : the cant words which are fo often in his mouth may be supposed to have been Dryden's ha- bitual phrases , or customary exclamations ...
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... lofe fo " much by it as he has done by his laft em- " ployment . " Having probably felt his own inferiority in theological controversy , he was defirous of F 3 try- trying whether , by bringing poetry to aid his arguments DR Y DE N. 69.
... lofe fo " much by it as he has done by his laft em- " ployment . " Having probably felt his own inferiority in theological controversy , he was defirous of F 3 try- trying whether , by bringing poetry to aid his arguments DR Y DE N. 69.
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... of his own value ; he appears to have known , in its whole extent , the dignity of his own character , and to have fet a very high value on his own powers and performances . He probably did not offer his converfation , I per- 90 N. DRYDE.
... of his own value ; he appears to have known , in its whole extent , the dignity of his own character , and to have fet a very high value on his own powers and performances . He probably did not offer his converfation , I per- 90 N. DRYDE.
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