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Page 241
... better become Dryden's learning and genius to have laboured science into poetry , and have shown , by explaining longitude , that verse did not refuse the ideas of philosophy . His description of the Fire is painted by resolute ...
... better become Dryden's learning and genius to have laboured science into poetry , and have shown , by explaining longitude , that verse did not refuse the ideas of philosophy . His description of the Fire is painted by resolute ...
Page 253
... better lines : ' O wheresoe'er thou art , from thence incline , And grant assistance to my bold design ! Pity , with me , poor husbandmen's affairs , And now , as if translated , hear our prayers . ' This is sense , and to the purpose ...
... better lines : ' O wheresoe'er thou art , from thence incline , And grant assistance to my bold design ! Pity , with me , poor husbandmen's affairs , And now , as if translated , hear our prayers . ' This is sense , and to the purpose ...
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... better sort his ideas , and take in the sundry parts of a science at one view , without interruption or confusion . Some indeed of his acquaintance , who were pleased to distinguish between the wit and the scholar , extolled him ...
... better sort his ideas , and take in the sundry parts of a science at one view , without interruption or confusion . Some indeed of his acquaintance , who were pleased to distinguish between the wit and the scholar , extolled him ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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