Major English Writers of the Eighteenth Century, Volume 1Harold E. Pagliaro Free Press, 1969 - English literature |
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... reader relaxes , assured that he need only read and agree in order to understand . The satirist makes a different demand . He requires the reader to infer the character behind the voice of the narrator , so that what the voice says may ...
... reader relaxes , assured that he need only read and agree in order to understand . The satirist makes a different demand . He requires the reader to infer the character behind the voice of the narrator , so that what the voice says may ...
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... Reader may find more Persons to give that Passage an Applica- tion : But this is enough to direct those who may have over - look'd the Authors Intention . There are three or four other Passages which prejudiced or ignorant Readers have ...
... Reader may find more Persons to give that Passage an Applica- tion : But this is enough to direct those who may have over - look'd the Authors Intention . There are three or four other Passages which prejudiced or ignorant Readers have ...
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... Reader and the Author . Now , to assist the diligent Reader in so delicate an Affair , as far as brevity will permit , I have recollected , that the shrewdest Pieces of this Treatise , were conceived in Bed , in a Garret : At other ...
... Reader and the Author . Now , to assist the diligent Reader in so delicate an Affair , as far as brevity will permit , I have recollected , that the shrewdest Pieces of this Treatise , were conceived in Bed , in a Garret : At other ...
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John Dryden 16311700 | 4 |
ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL | 11 |
MAC FLECKNOE | 37 |
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