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It is to his fables , though wrote in his old age * , that Dryden will owe his immortality , and among them , particularly , to Palamon and Arcite , Sigifmunda and Guifcardo , Theodore and Honoria ; and above all , to his exquifite ...
It is to his fables , though wrote in his old age * , that Dryden will owe his immortality , and among them , particularly , to Palamon and Arcite , Sigifmunda and Guifcardo , Theodore and Honoria ; and above all , to his exquifite ...
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... who were easily captivated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with an empty magnificence of numbers ' ; the noify roughness of which , may be particularly alluded to in the expreffion , fregit fubfellia verfu .
... who were easily captivated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with an empty magnificence of numbers ' ; the noify roughness of which , may be particularly alluded to in the expreffion , fregit fubfellia verfu .
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And afterwards , when he becomes more particularly acquainted with the unnatural cruelty of his fons , yet his refentment is more temperate , See verfe 433 down to verfe 472 , of the fame most enchanting tragedy . chufe ...
And afterwards , when he becomes more particularly acquainted with the unnatural cruelty of his fons , yet his refentment is more temperate , See verfe 433 down to verfe 472 , of the fame most enchanting tragedy . chufe ...
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This doctrine was inculcated by Plato and the Stoics , but more amply and particularly by the later Platonifts , and by Antoninus and Simplicius . In illuftrating his subject , POPE has been much more deeply indebted to the Theodiceé of ...
This doctrine was inculcated by Plato and the Stoics , but more amply and particularly by the later Platonifts , and by Antoninus and Simplicius . In illuftrating his subject , POPE has been much more deeply indebted to the Theodiceé of ...
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The tenderness of this ftriking image , and particularly the circumstance in the last line , has an artful effect in alleviating the dryness in the argumentative parts of the Effay , and interefting the reader . 6.
The tenderness of this ftriking image , and particularly the circumstance in the last line , has an artful effect in alleviating the dryness in the argumentative parts of the Effay , and interefting the reader . 6.
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