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Page 165
... occasion had only administered the opportunity of saying what he had thoroughly considered , which gave a great lustre to all he said ; which yet was rather of delight than weight . There needs no more be said to extol the excellence ...
... occasion had only administered the opportunity of saying what he had thoroughly considered , which gave a great lustre to all he said ; which yet was rather of delight than weight . There needs no more be said to extol the excellence ...
Page 182
... occasion , were sufficient to raise great expectations of the rising poet . When the King was restored , Dryden , like the other pane- gyrists of usurpation , changed his opinion or his profession , and published [ 1660 ] Astræa Redux ...
... occasion , were sufficient to raise great expectations of the rising poet . When the King was restored , Dryden , like the other pane- gyrists of usurpation , changed his opinion or his profession , and published [ 1660 ] Astræa Redux ...
Page 382
... occasion proceeded from accident or imitation , is not easy to determine . Tickell might have been impressed with his expectation by Swift's Proposal for ascer- taining the English Language , then [ 1712 ] lately published . In the ...
... occasion proceeded from accident or imitation , is not easy to determine . Tickell might have been impressed with his expectation by Swift's Proposal for ascer- taining the English Language , then [ 1712 ] lately published . In the ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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