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Page 113
... true MAKER OF CREATOR , is fo uncommon a prodigy , that one is almost tempted to sub- scribe to the opinion of Sir William Tem- ple , where he says , " That of all the num- bers of mankind , that live within the com- pass of a thousand ...
... true MAKER OF CREATOR , is fo uncommon a prodigy , that one is almost tempted to sub- scribe to the opinion of Sir William Tem- ple , where he says , " That of all the num- bers of mankind , that live within the com- pass of a thousand ...
Page 140
... true genius died with POPE : for one would be tempted to think , that the Seasons of Thomson , the Leonidas of Glover , the Pleasures of Imagination , and the Odes of Akenide , the Night - thoughts of Young , the Elegy of Gray , and Ode ...
... true genius died with POPE : for one would be tempted to think , that the Seasons of Thomson , the Leonidas of Glover , the Pleasures of Imagination , and the Odes of Akenide , the Night - thoughts of Young , the Elegy of Gray , and Ode ...
Page 165
... true , though they are not common : The characters of Racine are not true , but only in proportion as they are common . IV . Sometimes the characters of Corneille , are , in fome refpects , falfe and unnatural , because they are noble ...
... true , though they are not common : The characters of Racine are not true , but only in proportion as they are common . IV . Sometimes the characters of Corneille , are , in fome refpects , falfe and unnatural , because they are noble ...
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