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... easily escape a manner — such a recurrence of particular modes as may be easily noted . Dryden is always another and 60 LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS.
... easily escape a manner — such a recurrence of particular modes as may be easily noted . Dryden is always another and 60 LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS.
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... easily be imitated , either seriously or ludicrously ; for , being always equable and always varied , it has no promi- ' , nent or discriminative characters . The beauty who is totally free from disproportion of parts and fea- tures ...
... easily be imitated , either seriously or ludicrously ; for , being always equable and always varied , it has no promi- ' , nent or discriminative characters . The beauty who is totally free from disproportion of parts and fea- tures ...
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... easily un- derstood , and being just might prepare the mind for more attainments . Had he presented Paradise Lost to the public with all the pomp of system and sever- ity of science , the criticism would perhaps have been admired , and ...
... easily un- derstood , and being just might prepare the mind for more attainments . Had he presented Paradise Lost to the public with all the pomp of system and sever- ity of science , the criticism would perhaps have been admired , and ...
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From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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