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... nature , which is incapable of faultless productions . When an excellent drama appears in public , and by its intrinsic worth attracts a general applause , he is not stung with envy and spleen , nor does he express a savage nature in ...
... nature , which is incapable of faultless productions . When an excellent drama appears in public , and by its intrinsic worth attracts a general applause , he is not stung with envy and spleen , nor does he express a savage nature in ...
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... nature , the poet and the philosopher happily co - operate ; truth is recommended by elegance , and elegance ... Nature ran . He the great Spirit sung , that all things fill'd , That the tumultuous waves of Chaos still'd ; Whose nod ...
... nature , the poet and the philosopher happily co - operate ; truth is recommended by elegance , and elegance ... Nature ran . He the great Spirit sung , that all things fill'd , That the tumultuous waves of Chaos still'd ; Whose nod ...
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... nature , " is not easy to say . Nature is not the object of human judgment ; for it is in vain to judge where we cannot alter . If by nature is meant , what is commonly called nature by the critics , a just representation of things ...
... nature , " is not easy to say . Nature is not the object of human judgment ; for it is in vain to judge where we cannot alter . If by nature is meant , what is commonly called nature by the critics , a just representation of things ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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