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... thought , but was never before so well expressed , " they certainly never attained , nor ever sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were careless of their diction . But Pope's account of wit is ...
... thought , but was never before so well expressed , " they certainly never attained , nor ever sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were careless of their diction . But Pope's account of wit is ...
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... thought ; and to him may be applied what Tasso said , with equal spirit and justice , of himself and Guarini , when , having perused the Pastor Fido , he cried out , " If he had not read Aminta , he had not excelled it . " As Waller ...
... thought ; and to him may be applied what Tasso said , with equal spirit and justice , of himself and Guarini , when , having perused the Pastor Fido , he cried out , " If he had not read Aminta , he had not excelled it . " As Waller ...
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... thought a line superfluous when he first wrote it , or contracted his work till his ebullitions of invention had ... thought , and to be told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is foreseen , and therefore the process ...
... thought a line superfluous when he first wrote it , or contracted his work till his ebullitions of invention had ... thought , and to be told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is foreseen , and therefore the process ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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