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Page 50
... numbers , but the same diction , to the gentle Anacreon and the tempestuous Pindar . His versification seems to have had very little of his care ; and if what he thinks be true , that his numbers are unmusical only when they are ill ...
... numbers , but the same diction , to the gentle Anacreon and the tempestuous Pindar . His versification seems to have had very little of his care ; and if what he thinks be true , that his numbers are unmusical only when they are ill ...
Page 62
... numbers , his versification ought to be con- sidered . It will afford that pleasure which arises from the observation of a man of judgement naturally right forsaking bad copies by degrees , and advancing towards a better practice , as ...
... numbers , his versification ought to be con- sidered . It will afford that pleasure which arises from the observation of a man of judgement naturally right forsaking bad copies by degrees , and advancing towards a better practice , as ...
Page 152
... numbers purposely neglected , except in a few places where the thoughts by their native excellence secure themselves from violation , being such as mean language cannot express . The mode of versification has been blamed by Dryden , who ...
... numbers purposely neglected , except in a few places where the thoughts by their native excellence secure themselves from violation , being such as mean language cannot express . The mode of versification has been blamed by Dryden , who ...
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