The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... because nothing is familiar , affords great conveniences ; and by the fono- rous magnificence of Roman fyllables , the writer conceals penury of thought , and want of novelty , often from the reader , and often from himself . In his ...
... because nothing is familiar , affords great conveniences ; and by the fono- rous magnificence of Roman fyllables , the writer conceals penury of thought , and want of novelty , often from the reader , and often from himself . In his ...
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... because they have effected that reformation which their authors intended , and their precepts now are no long- er wanted . Their usefulness to the age in which they were written , is fufficiently attest- ed by the translations which ...
... because they have effected that reformation which their authors intended , and their precepts now are no long- er wanted . Their usefulness to the age in which they were written , is fufficiently attest- ed by the translations which ...
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... because she longs to launch ; an act which was never hindered by a bridle and whither will fhe launch ? into a nobler ftrain . She is in the first line a horse , in the fecond a boat ; and the care of the poet is to keep his horse or ...
... because she longs to launch ; an act which was never hindered by a bridle and whither will fhe launch ? into a nobler ftrain . She is in the first line a horse , in the fecond a boat ; and the care of the poet is to keep his horse or ...
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... because there would be other places to meet " in . There would be no probability that they should meet there , because there would " be places more private and more commodi- << ous . Now there ought to be nothing in a tragical action ...
... because there would be other places to meet " in . There would be no probability that they should meet there , because there would " be places more private and more commodi- << ous . Now there ought to be nothing in a tragical action ...
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... because by the preservation of that unity , as we have taken notice above , he adds grace , " and cleannefs , and comeliness , to the re- " presentation . But fince there are no express " rules about it , and we are under no com ...
... because by the preservation of that unity , as we have taken notice above , he adds grace , " and cleannefs , and comeliness , to the re- " presentation . But fince there are no express " rules about it , and we are under no com ...
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