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Page 191
... with nicety , which certainly none to whom he was not known can presume to em ate . : is therefore inserted here , with such remarks as others have supplied ; after which , nothing remains but a critical examination of ...
... with nicety , which certainly none to whom he was not known can presume to em ate . : is therefore inserted here , with such remarks as others have supplied ; after which , nothing remains but a critical examination of ...
Page 290
Spence , in his remarks on Pope's Odyssey , produces what he thinks an unconquerable quotation from Dryden's preface to the Eneid , in favour of translating an epick poem into blank verse ; but he forgets that when his author attempted ...
Spence , in his remarks on Pope's Odyssey , produces what he thinks an unconquerable quotation from Dryden's preface to the Eneid , in favour of translating an epick poem into blank verse ; but he forgets that when his author attempted ...
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An instructor like Addison was now wanting , whose remarks being superficial , might be easily understood , and being just , might prepare the mind for more attainments . Had he presented Paradise Lost to the publick with all the pomp ...
An instructor like Addison was now wanting , whose remarks being superficial , might be easily understood , and being just , might prepare the mind for more attainments . Had he presented Paradise Lost to the publick with all the pomp ...
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