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Page 32
... pleasing than a faithful repre- sentation , having retained their spriteliness , but lost their simplicity . The Anacreon of Cowley , like the Homer of Pope , has admitted the decoration of some modern graces , by which he is ...
... pleasing than a faithful repre- sentation , having retained their spriteliness , but lost their simplicity . The Anacreon of Cowley , like the Homer of Pope , has admitted the decoration of some modern graces , by which he is ...
Page 61
... pleasing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on ' Old Age ' has neither the clearness of prose , nor the spriteliness of poetry . The strength of Denham , ' which Pope so em- phatically mentions ...
... pleasing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on ' Old Age ' has neither the clearness of prose , nor the spriteliness of poetry . The strength of Denham , ' which Pope so em- phatically mentions ...
Page 466
... pleasing Mille habet ornatus , mille decenter habet . His prose is the model of the middle style ; on grave subjects not formal , on light occasions not groveling ; pure without scrupulosity , and exact without apparent elaboration ...
... pleasing Mille habet ornatus , mille decenter habet . His prose is the model of the middle style ; on grave subjects not formal , on light occasions not groveling ; pure without scrupulosity , and exact without apparent elaboration ...
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