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Page 205
Of triplets he is sparing; but he did not wholly forbear them; of an Alexandrine he
has given no example. The general character of his poetry is elegance and
gaiety. He is never pathetick, and very rarely sublime. He seems neither to have
had ...
Of triplets he is sparing; but he did not wholly forbear them; of an Alexandrine he
has given no example. The general character of his poetry is elegance and
gaiety. He is never pathetick, and very rarely sublime. He seems neither to have
had ...
Page 403
Praise must not be too rigorously examined; but the performance cannot be
denied to be vigorous and elegant. Having yet no publick employment, he
obtained (in 1699) a pension of three hundred pounds a year, that he might be
enabled to ...
Praise must not be too rigorously examined; but the performance cannot be
denied to be vigorous and elegant. Having yet no publick employment, he
obtained (in 1699) a pension of three hundred pounds a year, that he might be
enabled to ...
Page 428
No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual
pleasure, separated mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness; of having
taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid of
goodness ...
No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual
pleasure, separated mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness; of having
taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid of
goodness ...
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