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... kind ; he is an original writer , who borrowed neither the models of his plot nor the manner of his dialogue . Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly , for since I inspected them many years have passed ; but what remains upon my memory ...
... kind ; he is an original writer , who borrowed neither the models of his plot nor the manner of his dialogue . Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly , for since I inspected them many years have passed ; but what remains upon my memory ...
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... kind , it will be hard to find one with which they need to fear a comparison . It may deserve observation , that , when Pope wrote long afterwards in praise of Addison , he has copied , at least has resembled , Tickell : Let joy salute ...
... kind , it will be hard to find one with which they need to fear a comparison . It may deserve observation , that , when Pope wrote long afterwards in praise of Addison , he has copied , at least has resembled , Tickell : Let joy salute ...
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... kind of poetry , and that the Pindaric is the most spirited kind of ode . " This I speak , " he adds , " with sufficient candour , at my own very great peril . But truth has an eternal title to our confession , though we are sure to ...
... kind of poetry , and that the Pindaric is the most spirited kind of ode . " This I speak , " he adds , " with sufficient candour , at my own very great peril . But truth has an eternal title to our confession , though we are sure to ...
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