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... thought , but was never be- fore so well expressed , " they certainly never at- tained , nor ever sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were careless of their diction . But Pope's account of wit is ...
... thought , but was never be- fore so well expressed , " they certainly never at- tained , nor ever sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were careless of their diction . But Pope's account of wit is ...
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... thought , he thought rightly ; and his remarks were recommended by his coolness and candour . In him Pope had the first experience of a critic without malevolence , who thought it as much his duty to display beauties as expose faults ...
... thought , he thought rightly ; and his remarks were recommended by his coolness and candour . In him Pope had the first experience of a critic without malevolence , who thought it as much his duty to display beauties as expose faults ...
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... thought ; but the language is too luxuriant , and the thoughts have nothing new . There has of late arisen a practice of giving to adjectives derived from substantives , the termina- tion of participles ; such as the cultured plain ...
... thought ; but the language is too luxuriant , and the thoughts have nothing new . There has of late arisen a practice of giving to adjectives derived from substantives , the termina- tion of participles ; such as the cultured plain ...
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The Satirical Letters of St Jerome | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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