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Page 263
... Absalom and Achitophel , written against the faction which , by lord Shaftesbury's incitement , set the duke of Monmouth at its head . Of this poem , in which personal satire was applied to the support of publick principles , and in ...
... Absalom and Achitophel , written against the faction which , by lord Shaftesbury's incitement , set the duke of Monmouth at its head . Of this poem , in which personal satire was applied to the support of publick principles , and in ...
Page 308
... Absalom and Achitophel is a work so well known , that particular criticism is superfluous . If it be considered as a poem political and controversial , it will be found to comprise all the excellences of which the subject is sus ...
... Absalom and Achitophel is a work so well known , that particular criticism is superfluous . If it be considered as a poem political and controversial , it will be found to comprise all the excellences of which the subject is sus ...
Page 309
... Absalom and Achitophel , but upon a narrower plan , gives less pleasure , though it discovers equal abilities in the writer . The superstructure cannot extend beyond the foundation ; a single character or incident cannot furnish as many ...
... Absalom and Achitophel , but upon a narrower plan , gives less pleasure , though it discovers equal abilities in the writer . The superstructure cannot extend beyond the foundation ; a single character or incident cannot furnish as many ...
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