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Page 169
... beauties , and he seldom falls into gross faults . His versification is smooth , but rarely vigorous , and his rhymes are remarkably exact . He improved taste , if he did not enlarge knowledge , and may be numbered among the benefactors ...
... beauties , and he seldom falls into gross faults . His versification is smooth , but rarely vigorous , and his rhymes are remarkably exact . He improved taste , if he did not enlarge knowledge , and may be numbered among the benefactors ...
Page 178
... beauties of that time , however they might receive his love , were proud of his praises . Who they were , whom he dignifies with poetical names , cannot now be known . Amoret , according to Mr. Fenton , was the Lady Sophia Murray ...
... beauties of that time , however they might receive his love , were proud of his praises . Who they were , whom he dignifies with poetical names , cannot now be known . Amoret , according to Mr. Fenton , was the Lady Sophia Murray ...
Page 351
... beauties of it . Fourthly , the means to attain the end proposed . ' Compare the Greek and English tragick poets justly , and without partiality , according to those rules . " Then secondly , consider whether Aristotle has made a just ...
... beauties of it . Fourthly , the means to attain the end proposed . ' Compare the Greek and English tragick poets justly , and without partiality , according to those rules . " Then secondly , consider whether Aristotle has made a just ...
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