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Page 207
... instance , is pre- ferable to Lear , the notion is groundless and abfurd . Tho ' the Henriade * fhould be An epic poem in couplets ! In the Geneva edition of the Henriade , we are informed of a curious anecdote : when it was printed at ...
... instance , is pre- ferable to Lear , the notion is groundless and abfurd . Tho ' the Henriade * fhould be An epic poem in couplets ! In the Geneva edition of the Henriade , we are informed of a curious anecdote : when it was printed at ...
Page 209
... instance , were ne- ver more completely understood than at pre- fent : yet what UNINTERESTING , though FAULTLESS , tragedies , have we lately seen ? So much better is our judgment than our execution . How to account for the fact here ...
... instance , were ne- ver more completely understood than at pre- fent : yet what UNINTERESTING , though FAULTLESS , tragedies , have we lately seen ? So much better is our judgment than our execution . How to account for the fact here ...
Page 263
... instance , among the ancients , are the stories , of Jo- seph , of Oedipus , the Trojan war and its confequences , of Virginia and the Horatii ; fuch , among the moderns , are the stories of king Lear , the Cid , Romeo and Juliet , and ...
... instance , among the ancients , are the stories , of Jo- seph , of Oedipus , the Trojan war and its confequences , of Virginia and the Horatii ; fuch , among the moderns , are the stories of king Lear , the Cid , Romeo and Juliet , and ...
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