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Page 78
... performance of a writer thus distressed is not perfect , its faults ought surely to be imputed to a cause very different from want of genius , and must rather excite pity than provoke censure . But when under these discouragements the ...
... performance of a writer thus distressed is not perfect , its faults ought surely to be imputed to a cause very different from want of genius , and must rather excite pity than provoke censure . But when under these discouragements the ...
Page 160
... performance is commendable enough , and have sent word for him to finish the 17th book , and to send it with his demands for his trouble . . . . I have here enclosed the specimen ; if the rest come before you return , I will keep them ...
... performance is commendable enough , and have sent word for him to finish the 17th book , and to send it with his demands for his trouble . . . . I have here enclosed the specimen ; if the rest come before you return , I will keep them ...
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... performance , has an equability and propriety which he afterwards either never endeavoured or never attained . Many paragraphs are noble , and few are mean , yet the whole is languid ; the plan is too much extended , and a succession of ...
... performance , has an equability and propriety which he afterwards either never endeavoured or never attained . Many paragraphs are noble , and few are mean , yet the whole is languid ; the plan is too much extended , and a succession of ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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