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Page 56
... Cato , and Pope of his Essay on Criticism . In 1647 , the distresses of the royal family required him to engage in more dangerous employments . He was entrusted by the queen with a message to the king ; and , by whatever means , so far ...
... Cato , and Pope of his Essay on Criticism . In 1647 , the distresses of the royal family required him to engage in more dangerous employments . He was entrusted by the queen with a message to the king ; and , by whatever means , so far ...
Page 449
... Cato , which , contrary to the rule observed in selecting the works of other poets , has by the weight of its character forced its way into the late collection , is unquestionably the noblest produc- tion of Addison's genius . Of a work ...
... Cato , which , contrary to the rule observed in selecting the works of other poets , has by the weight of its character forced its way into the late collection , is unquestionably the noblest produc- tion of Addison's genius . Of a work ...
Page 452
... Cato receives the account of his son's death . ' Nor is the grief of Cato , in the fourth act , one jot more in nature than that of his son and Lucia in the third . Cato receives the news of his son's death not only with dry eyes , but ...
... Cato receives the account of his son's death . ' Nor is the grief of Cato , in the fourth act , one jot more in nature than that of his son and Lucia in the third . Cato receives the news of his son's death not only with dry eyes , but ...
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