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Page 70
... passed on to Naples , in company of a hermit ; a companion from whom little could be expected , yet to him Milton owed his introduction to Manso , marquis of Villa , who had been before the patron of Tasso . Manso was enough delighted ...
... passed on to Naples , in company of a hermit ; a companion from whom little could be expected , yet to him Milton owed his introduction to Manso , marquis of Villa , who had been before the patron of Tasso . Manso was enough delighted ...
Page 297
... passed the day in reducing them to fewer . The occasional poet is circumscribed by the narrow- ness of his subject . Whatever can happen to man has happened so often , that little remains for fancy or inven- tion . We have been all born ...
... passed the day in reducing them to fewer . The occasional poet is circumscribed by the narrow- ness of his subject . Whatever can happen to man has happened so often , that little remains for fancy or inven- tion . We have been all born ...
Page 395
... passed them over without the least thought of resentment or revenge . As Homer had a Zoilus , so Mr. Rowe had sometimes his ; for there were not wanting malevolent people , and pretenders to poetry too , that would now - and - then bark ...
... passed them over without the least thought of resentment or revenge . As Homer had a Zoilus , so Mr. Rowe had sometimes his ; for there were not wanting malevolent people , and pretenders to poetry too , that would now - and - then bark ...
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