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Page 129
... Imitation of Horace's Satire , the Verses to Lord Mulgrave , the Satire against Man , the Verses upon Nothing , and perhaps some others , are , I believe , genuine , and perhaps most of those which this collection exhibits . As he ...
... Imitation of Horace's Satire , the Verses to Lord Mulgrave , the Satire against Man , the Verses upon Nothing , and perhaps some others , are , I believe , genuine , and perhaps most of those which this collection exhibits . As he ...
Page 289
... imitation . He had several imitations of Cowley : Testitur hinc tot sermo coloribus Quot tu , Pococki , dissimilis tui Orator effers , quot vicissim Te memores celebrare gaudent . I will not commend the figure which makes the orator pro ...
... imitation . He had several imitations of Cowley : Testitur hinc tot sermo coloribus Quot tu , Pococki , dissimilis tui Orator effers , quot vicissim Te memores celebrare gaudent . I will not commend the figure which makes the orator pro ...
Page 356
... imitation of the Divine dispensation . And yet the author of this tragedy does not only run counter to this in the fate of his principal character , but everywhere throughout it makes virtue suffer and vice triumph : for not only Cato ...
... imitation of the Divine dispensation . And yet the author of this tragedy does not only run counter to this in the fate of his principal character , but everywhere throughout it makes virtue suffer and vice triumph : for not only Cato ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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