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... writers , it is evi- dent that he bestowed much time and care on his poems , before he ventured them out of his hands * . ” 26. Frue ease in writing comes from art not chance , As those move eafieft who have learn'd to dance + . It is ...
... writers , it is evi- dent that he bestowed much time and care on his poems , before he ventured them out of his hands * . ” 26. Frue ease in writing comes from art not chance , As those move eafieft who have learn'd to dance + . It is ...
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... writing well * . " THIS high panegyric procured to POPE the acquaintance , and afterwards the con- ftant friendship ... writer , formed only on the French critics , fpeaks of Milton , must be confidered as proofs of his want of critical ...
... writing well * . " THIS high panegyric procured to POPE the acquaintance , and afterwards the con- ftant friendship ... writer , formed only on the French critics , fpeaks of Milton , must be confidered as proofs of his want of critical ...
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... writing . The prologues of Dryden are fatyrical and facetious ; this of POPE is foleinn and fublime , as the sub ... writer . The fol lowing paffage is curious , and has not been taken notice of by the late writers of his life : " Ego ...
... writing . The prologues of Dryden are fatyrical and facetious ; this of POPE is foleinn and fublime , as the sub ... writer . The fol lowing paffage is curious , and has not been taken notice of by the late writers of his life : " Ego ...
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