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... excellent , but neglected Geminiani , demand a particular regard . The prefaces of Dryden would be equally valuable , if he did not fo frequently contradict himself , and advance opinions diametrically oppofite to each other . Some of ...
... excellent , but neglected Geminiani , demand a particular regard . The prefaces of Dryden would be equally valuable , if he did not fo frequently contradict himself , and advance opinions diametrically oppofite to each other . Some of ...
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... excellent Enquiry into the Life and Writings of Homer , has taken many obfervations from this valuable book , particularly in his twelfth Section . 11. Some beauties yet no precepts can declare , For there's a happiness , as well as ...
... excellent Enquiry into the Life and Writings of Homer , has taken many obfervations from this valuable book , particularly in his twelfth Section . 11. Some beauties yet no precepts can declare , For there's a happiness , as well as ...
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... excellent . Such perfonages , I think , would pleafe nobody , but the painter that made them . Not but I think , a painter may make a better face than ever was ; but he must do it by a kind of fe- licity , as a musician that maketh an ...
... excellent . Such perfonages , I think , would pleafe nobody , but the painter that made them . Not but I think , a painter may make a better face than ever was ; but he must do it by a kind of fe- licity , as a musician that maketh an ...
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