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These passages are chiefly of the pathetic fort ; for which Dryden in his tragedies is far from being remarkable . But it is not unusual for the same person to succeed in describing externally a distressful character , who may miserably ...
These passages are chiefly of the pathetic fort ; for which Dryden in his tragedies is far from being remarkable . But it is not unusual for the same person to succeed in describing externally a distressful character , who may miserably ...
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But it is remarkable that Quintilian thought very differently on this subject of the transitions , and the admirers of Ovid would do well to consider his opinion . “ Illa vero frigida et puerilis eft in fcholis affectatio , ut ipfe ...
But it is remarkable that Quintilian thought very differently on this subject of the transitions , and the admirers of Ovid would do well to consider his opinion . “ Illa vero frigida et puerilis eft in fcholis affectatio , ut ipfe ...
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There is a remarkable letter of Bernardo Tasso , the father of Torquato , in which is this paffage . " Ne ṣ io s'Aristotele nasceffe a questa età , et vedefle il vaghissimo on this occasion , let us stop a moment and.
There is a remarkable letter of Bernardo Tasso , the father of Torquato , in which is this paffage . " Ne ṣ io s'Aristotele nasceffe a questa età , et vedefle il vaghissimo on this occasion , let us stop a moment and.
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I do not remember to have seen it enough observed , that Cowley had. member * There is something remarkable in the circumstances that occafioned 5 42 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS Let not this strained affectation of striving ...
I do not remember to have seen it enough observed , that Cowley had. member * There is something remarkable in the circumstances that occafioned 5 42 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS Let not this strained affectation of striving ...
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It is remarkable , that Milton ends his ode with a kind of prophecy importing , that however he may present traduced , yet pofterity will applaud his work . At ultimi Nepotes , SERIQUE POSTERI , Judicia rebus ÆQUIORA forsitan Adhibebunt ...
It is remarkable , that Milton ends his ode with a kind of prophecy importing , that however he may present traduced , yet pofterity will applaud his work . At ultimi Nepotes , SERIQUE POSTERI , Judicia rebus ÆQUIORA forsitan Adhibebunt ...
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