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Page 225
The end of writing Lives is for the imitation of the readers . It will be in the power of very few to imitate the duke of Marlborough ; we must be content with admiring his great qualities and actions , without hopes of following them .
The end of writing Lives is for the imitation of the readers . It will be in the power of very few to imitate the duke of Marlborough ; we must be content with admiring his great qualities and actions , without hopes of following them .
Page 356
He has several imitations of Cowley : Vestitur hinc tot sermo coloribus Quot tu , Pococki , dissimilis tui Orator ... I quote it , however , as an imitation of these lines : So many languages he had in store , That only Fame shall speak ...
He has several imitations of Cowley : Vestitur hinc tot sermo coloribus Quot tu , Pococki , dissimilis tui Orator ... I quote it , however , as an imitation of these lines : So many languages he had in store , That only Fame shall speak ...
Page 435
If this is not done , there is no impartial distri- bution of poetical justice , no instructive lecture of a particular Providence , and no imitation of the Divine Dispensation . And yet the author of this tragedy does not only run ...
If this is not done , there is no impartial distri- bution of poetical justice , no instructive lecture of a particular Providence , and no imitation of the Divine Dispensation . And yet the author of this tragedy does not only run ...
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