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Page 5
... pleased as he that attains it , even seven when impute no part of his failure to him to himself ; and , when the end is to please the multitude , no man , perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation and comparison , to ...
... pleased as he that attains it , even seven when impute no part of his failure to him to himself ; and , when the end is to please the multitude , no man , perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation and comparison , to ...
Page 6
... dearly bought , and , though he sometimes admires , is seldom pleased . From this account of their compositions it will be readily inferred , that they were not be retrieved , or something new is to be exam- 6 . COWLEY .
... dearly bought , and , though he sometimes admires , is seldom pleased . From this account of their compositions it will be readily inferred , that they were not be retrieved , or something new is to be exam- 6 . COWLEY .
Page 48
... pleased . son . The questions , whether the action of the poem be strictly one , whether the poem can be pro- perly termed heroic , and who is the hero , are raised by such readers as draw their principles of judgment rather from books ...
... pleased . son . The questions , whether the action of the poem be strictly one , whether the poem can be pro- perly termed heroic , and who is the hero , are raised by such readers as draw their principles of judgment rather from books ...
Page 66
... pleased for almost a century , through all the vicissitudes of dramatic fashion . Of this play nothing new can easily be said . It is a domestic tragedy drawn from middle life . Its whole power is upon the affections ; for it is not ...
... pleased for almost a century , through all the vicissitudes of dramatic fashion . Of this play nothing new can easily be said . It is a domestic tragedy drawn from middle life . Its whole power is upon the affections ; for it is not ...
Page 67
... pleased with this answer , and the wit of it seem- known that they were published till they ap- ed to affect the King ; for , a certain lord coming peared long afterwards with other poems . in soon after , his Majesty cried out , Oh ...
... pleased with this answer , and the wit of it seem- known that they were published till they ap- ed to affect the King ; for , a certain lord coming peared long afterwards with other poems . in soon after , his Majesty cried out , Oh ...
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