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... ancients ; his unneces- sary and ungraceful use of terms of art ; it is not necessary to mention , because they are easily re- marked , and generally censured ... ancient tragedies , with their encumbrance of a chorus , MILTON 135.
... ancients ; his unneces- sary and ungraceful use of terms of art ; it is not necessary to mention , because they are easily re- marked , and generally censured ... ancient tragedies , with their encumbrance of a chorus , MILTON 135.
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... ancients by the moderns , and not the moderns by the ancients ; he takes those passages of their own authors to be really sublime which come the nearest to it ; he often calls that a noble and a great thought which is only a pretty and ...
... ancients by the moderns , and not the moderns by the ancients ; he takes those passages of their own authors to be really sublime which come the nearest to it ; he often calls that a noble and a great thought which is only a pretty and ...
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Samuel Johnson. To prevent this subversion of the ancient establish- ment , Steele , whose pen readily seconded his political passions , endeavoured to alarm the nation by a pam- phlet called The Plebeian ; to this an answer was ...
Samuel Johnson. To prevent this subversion of the ancient establish- ment , Steele , whose pen readily seconded his political passions , endeavoured to alarm the nation by a pam- phlet called The Plebeian ; to this an answer was ...
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