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... elegance , and elegance sustained by truth . In the structure and order of the poem , not only the greater parts are properly consecutive , but the didactic and illustrative paragraphs are so happily mingled , that labour is relieved by ...
... elegance , and elegance sustained by truth . In the structure and order of the poem , not only the greater parts are properly consecutive , but the didactic and illustrative paragraphs are so happily mingled , that labour is relieved by ...
Page 214
... elegance , or vigour . Pope had perhaps the judgment of Dryden ; but Dryden certainly wanted the diligence of Pope . In acquired knowledge , the superiority must be allowed to Dryden , whose education was more scholastic , and who ...
... elegance , or vigour . Pope had perhaps the judgment of Dryden ; but Dryden certainly wanted the diligence of Pope . In acquired knowledge , the superiority must be allowed to Dryden , whose education was more scholastic , and who ...
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... elegance of diction ; but for want of a process of events , neither knowledge nor elegance preserve the reader from weariness . His Imitations of Spenser are very successfully performed , both with respect to the metre , the language ...
... elegance of diction ; but for want of a process of events , neither knowledge nor elegance preserve the reader from weariness . His Imitations of Spenser are very successfully performed , both with respect to the metre , the language ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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