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Page iii
... criticism , that will naturally arise in the course of fuch an enquiry . No love of fingula- rity , no affectation of paradoxical opi- nions , gave rife to the following work . A 2 I revere I revere the memory of Pore , Prefpect and honour.
... criticism , that will naturally arise in the course of fuch an enquiry . No love of fingula- rity , no affectation of paradoxical opi- nions , gave rife to the following work . A 2 I revere I revere the memory of Pore , Prefpect and honour.
Page vi
... fuch out of fashion , and not of feeling ? SWIFT's rhapsody on poetry is far more popular than Akenfide's noble ode to lord Huntingdon . The EPISTLES on the Characters of men and women , and your sprightly fatires , my good friend , are ...
... fuch out of fashion , and not of feeling ? SWIFT's rhapsody on poetry is far more popular than Akenfide's noble ode to lord Huntingdon . The EPISTLES on the Characters of men and women , and your sprightly fatires , my good friend , are ...
Page ix
... fuch is the fate of all extremes , men may be read too much , as well as 1 books . We grow more partial , for the " fake of the obferver , to obfervations which we ourselves make ; lefs fo to " written wisdom , because another's ...
... fuch is the fate of all extremes , men may be read too much , as well as 1 books . We grow more partial , for the " fake of the obferver , to obfervations which we ourselves make ; lefs fo to " written wisdom , because another's ...
Page xi
... class should be ranked , fuch as poffeffed the true poetical genius , in a more moderate degree , but who had noble talents for moral , ethical , and panegyrical poefy . I At At the head of these are DRYDEN , PRIOR , DEDICATION . xi.
... class should be ranked , fuch as poffeffed the true poetical genius , in a more moderate degree , but who had noble talents for moral , ethical , and panegyrical poefy . I At At the head of these are DRYDEN , PRIOR , DEDICATION . xi.
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... fuch kinds of objects make the deepest impreffion on the mind : terror being a stronger fen- fation than joy . Accordingly , a noble ode on the deftruction of Babylon , taken from the fourteenth chapter of Isaiah , has been written by ...
... fuch kinds of objects make the deepest impreffion on the mind : terror being a stronger fen- fation than joy . Accordingly , a noble ode on the deftruction of Babylon , taken from the fourteenth chapter of Isaiah , has been written by ...
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