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Page 92
... opinion of it , told him , that he read it once over , and was not displeased with it ; that it gave him more pleasure at the second perusal , and delighted him still more at the third . It has been generally objected to The Wanderer ...
... opinion of it , told him , that he read it once over , and was not displeased with it ; that it gave him more pleasure at the second perusal , and delighted him still more at the third . It has been generally objected to The Wanderer ...
Page 137
... opinion , for it is very unequal , and some of the lines are rather inserted to rhyme to others than to support or improve the sense ; but the first and last parts are worked up with great spirit and elegance . His time was spent in the ...
... opinion , for it is very unequal , and some of the lines are rather inserted to rhyme to others than to support or improve the sense ; but the first and last parts are worked up with great spirit and elegance . His time was spent in the ...
Page 155
... opinion could poison a politician , he would not live a day ; and , as a poet , he must have felt Pope's force of genius much more from many other parts of his works . The pain that Addison might feel , it is not likely that he would ...
... opinion could poison a politician , he would not live a day ; and , as a poet , he must have felt Pope's force of genius much more from many other parts of his works . The pain that Addison might feel , it is not likely that he would ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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