Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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... shewn by the third part . The duration of an unfinished action cannot be known . Of characters either not yet introduced , or shewn but upon few occasions , the full extent and the nice discriminations cannot be ascer- tained . The ...
... shewn by the third part . The duration of an unfinished action cannot be known . Of characters either not yet introduced , or shewn but upon few occasions , the full extent and the nice discriminations cannot be ascer- tained . The ...
Page 352
... shewing the rewards of one , and punishments of the other ; at least , by rendering virtue always amiable , tho ' it be shewn unfortunate ; and vice detestable , though it be shewn triumphant . ' If , then , the encouragement of virtue ...
... shewing the rewards of one , and punishments of the other ; at least , by rendering virtue always amiable , tho ' it be shewn unfortunate ; and vice detestable , though it be shewn triumphant . ' If , then , the encouragement of virtue ...
Page 426
... shewn to such as were likely to spread their admiration . They were seen by Pope , and by Cibber ; who relates that Steele , when he took back the copy , told him , in the despicable cant of literary modesty , that , whatever spirit his ...
... shewn to such as were likely to spread their admiration . They were seen by Pope , and by Cibber ; who relates that Steele , when he took back the copy , told him , in the despicable cant of literary modesty , that , whatever spirit his ...
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