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... obfervations on familiar life , and the manners of the age , The fatires of Ariofto are more read than the Orlando Furiofo , or even Dante . Are there fo many cordial admirers of Spenfer and Mil- ton , as of Hudibras ; if we ftrike out ...
... obfervations on familiar life , and the manners of the age , The fatires of Ariofto are more read than the Orlando Furiofo , or even Dante . Are there fo many cordial admirers of Spenfer and Mil- ton , as of Hudibras ; if we ftrike out ...
Page 90
... obfervations however true do not , I think , extend to the cafe before us , because not only the thoughts , but even the words are copied ; and because the images , especially the laft , are fuch , as are not immediately impressed by ...
... obfervations however true do not , I think , extend to the cafe before us , because not only the thoughts , but even the words are copied ; and because the images , especially the laft , are fuch , as are not immediately impressed by ...
Page 116
... obfervations on the Cid , was , we know , the work of perfons who had themselves written well . And our author's own excellent preface to his translation of the Iliad , one of the best pieces of profe in the English language , is an ...
... obfervations on the Cid , was , we know , the work of perfons who had themselves written well . And our author's own excellent preface to his translation of the Iliad , one of the best pieces of profe in the English language , is an ...
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