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Page 98
... opinion Philips has mistaken the time of the year ; for Milton , in his Elegies , declares that with the advance of the Spring he feels the increase of his poetical force , redeunt in carmina vires . To this it is answered , that ...
... opinion Philips has mistaken the time of the year ; for Milton , in his Elegies , declares that with the advance of the Spring he feels the increase of his poetical force , redeunt in carmina vires . To this it is answered , that ...
Page 108
... opinion , too detestable to be read on the wall of a building dedicated to devotion . Atterbury , who succeeded him , being author of the inscription , per- mitted its reception . ' And such has been the change of publick opinion ...
... opinion , too detestable to be read on the wall of a building dedicated to devotion . Atterbury , who succeeded him , being author of the inscription , per- mitted its reception . ' And such has been the change of publick opinion ...
Page 149
... opinions , are temporary and local , and therefore become every day less intelligible , and less striking . What Cicero says of philosophy is true likewise of wit and humour , 6 that time effaces the fictions of opinion , and BUTLER 149.
... opinions , are temporary and local , and therefore become every day less intelligible , and less striking . What Cicero says of philosophy is true likewise of wit and humour , 6 that time effaces the fictions of opinion , and BUTLER 149.
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Lives of the English Poets: The Prior Congreve, Blackmore and Pope Samuel Johnson No preview available - 2003 |
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