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Page 23
... reprefented " to him the true delights of folitary ftudies , " of temperate pleasures , and a moderate re- " venue below the malice and flatteries of " fortune . " So differently are things feen ! and fo dif- ferently are they fhewn ...
... reprefented " to him the true delights of folitary ftudies , " of temperate pleasures , and a moderate re- " venue below the malice and flatteries of " fortune . " So differently are things feen ! and fo dif- ferently are they fhewn ...
Page 74
... fee that they are ill reprefented by fuch puny poetry ; and all will determine that , if this be the old Theban ftrain , it is not worthy of revival . . To the difproportion and incongruity of Cowley's fentiments must be 4 To 74 COWLEY ,
... fee that they are ill reprefented by fuch puny poetry ; and all will determine that , if this be the old Theban ftrain , it is not worthy of revival . . To the difproportion and incongruity of Cowley's fentiments must be 4 To 74 COWLEY ,
Page 131
... mance at either univerfity was The Grateful Fair , written by Christopher Smart , and reprefented at Pembroke Col- lege , Cambridge , about 1747. R. K 2 Thefe Thefe expreffions are , I find , applied to the MILT O N .. 131.
... mance at either univerfity was The Grateful Fair , written by Christopher Smart , and reprefented at Pembroke Col- lege , Cambridge , about 1747. R. K 2 Thefe Thefe expreffions are , I find , applied to the MILT O N .. 131.
Page 261
... reprefented as the confequence of the vacuity left in heaven by the expulfion of the rebels ; yet Satan men- tions it as a report rife in heaven before his departure . To find fentiments for the state of inno- cence , was very difficult ...
... reprefented as the confequence of the vacuity left in heaven by the expulfion of the rebels ; yet Satan men- tions it as a report rife in heaven before his departure . To find fentiments for the state of inno- cence , was very difficult ...
Page 334
... reprefented as having received fo much benefit , was played in 1675. It appears , by the lam- poon , to have had great fuccefs , and is faid to have been played thirty nights together . This however it is reasonable to doubt , as fo ...
... reprefented as having received fo much benefit , was played in 1675. It appears , by the lam- poon , to have had great fuccefs , and is faid to have been played thirty nights together . This however it is reasonable to doubt , as fo ...
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