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... said before . Nor was the fublime more within their reach than the pathetick ; for they never at- tempted that comprehenfion and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind , and of which the firft effect is fudden afto ...
... said before . Nor was the fublime more within their reach than the pathetick ; for they never at- tempted that comprehenfion and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind , and of which the firft effect is fudden afto ...
Page 267
... said of his verfification . The measure , he says , is the English heroick verfe without rhyme . Of this mode he had many examples among the Italians , and fome in his own country . The Earl of Surrey is faid to have tranflated one of ...
... said of his verfification . The measure , he says , is the English heroick verfe without rhyme . Of this mode he had many examples among the Italians , and fome in his own country . The Earl of Surrey is faid to have tranflated one of ...
Page 372
... said , at laft to the rump - jewel , he folicited from Cromwell permiffion to re- turn , and obtained it by the intereft of colonel Scroop , to whom his fifter was married . Upon the remains of a fortune , which the danger of his life ...
... said , at laft to the rump - jewel , he folicited from Cromwell permiffion to re- turn , and obtained it by the intereft of colonel Scroop , to whom his fifter was married . Upon the remains of a fortune , which the danger of his life ...
Page 384
... said , " he should be glad to die , like the " ftag , where he was roufed . " This , how- ever , did not happen . When he was at Beaconsfield , he found his legs grow tumid : he went to Windfor , where Sir Charles Scarborough then ...
... said , " he should be glad to die , like the " ftag , where he was roufed . " This , how- ever , did not happen . When he was at Beaconsfield , he found his legs grow tumid : he went to Windfor , where Sir Charles Scarborough then ...
Page 392
... said by his biographer to have been fold in one day . It is confeffed that his faults ftill left him many friends , at least many companions . His convivial power of pleafing is univerfally acknowledged ; but thofe who converfed with ...
... said by his biographer to have been fold in one day . It is confeffed that his faults ftill left him many friends , at least many companions . His convivial power of pleafing is univerfally acknowledged ; but thofe who converfed with ...
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