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Page 19
... longer imitates Spenser . Some of his poems are written without regularity of mea- sure ; for , when he commenced poet , he had not recovered from our Pindaric infatuation ; but he probably lived to be convinced , that the essence of ...
... longer imitates Spenser . Some of his poems are written without regularity of mea- sure ; for , when he commenced poet , he had not recovered from our Pindaric infatuation ; but he probably lived to be convinced , that the essence of ...
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... longer strong than when he could touch the ground . It cannot be observed with- out wonder , that a mind so vigorous and fertile in dramatic compositions , should on any other occasion discover nothing but impotence and poverty . He has ...
... longer strong than when he could touch the ground . It cannot be observed with- out wonder , that a mind so vigorous and fertile in dramatic compositions , should on any other occasion discover nothing but impotence and poverty . He has ...
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... longer time than it is usual to spend at the university ; and which he seems to have passed with very little attention to the business of the place ; for , in his poems , the ancient names of nations or places , which he often pro ...
... longer time than it is usual to spend at the university ; and which he seems to have passed with very little attention to the business of the place ; for , in his poems , the ancient names of nations or places , which he often pro ...
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... longer in his way . His head still teemed with heroic poetry ; and ( 1705 ) he published " Eliza , " in ten books . I am afraid that the world was now weary of contending about Blackmore's heroes : for I do not remember that by any ...
... longer in his way . His head still teemed with heroic poetry ; and ( 1705 ) he published " Eliza , " in ten books . I am afraid that the world was now weary of contending about Blackmore's heroes : for I do not remember that by any ...
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... longer . I know not whether I can enumerate all the treatises by which he has endeavoured to diffuse the art of healing ; for there is scarcely any distemper of dreadful name , which he has not taught the reader how to oppose . He has ...
... longer . I know not whether I can enumerate all the treatises by which he has endeavoured to diffuse the art of healing ; for there is scarcely any distemper of dreadful name , which he has not taught the reader how to oppose . He has ...
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