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... ment is safe by its solidity , but the blossoms of elocu- tion easily drop away . The author , having the choice of his own images , selects those which he can best adorn ; the translator must , at all hazards , follow his original ...
... ment is safe by its solidity , but the blossoms of elocu- tion easily drop away . The author , having the choice of his own images , selects those which he can best adorn ; the translator must , at all hazards , follow his original ...
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... ment , and was somewhat disposed to exclude all those from the character of men of judgment who did not applaud him . But he was at other times more favourable to man- kind than to think them blind to the beauties of his works , and ...
... ment , and was somewhat disposed to exclude all those from the character of men of judgment who did not applaud him . But he was at other times more favourable to man- kind than to think them blind to the beauties of his works , and ...
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... ment appears from the following letter which he wrote , January the 30th [ 1742-3 ] , to one of his friends in London : " I now write to you from my confinement in New- gate , where I have been ever since Monday last was se'nnight , and ...
... ment appears from the following letter which he wrote , January the 30th [ 1742-3 ] , to one of his friends in London : " I now write to you from my confinement in New- gate , where I have been ever since Monday last was se'nnight , 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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