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She could repeat the first lines of Homer , the ' Meta- morphoses , ' and some of Euripides , by having often read them . Yet here incredulity is ready to make a stand . Many repetitions are necessary to fix in the memory lines not ...
She could repeat the first lines of Homer , the ' Meta- morphoses , ' and some of Euripides , by having often read them . Yet here incredulity is ready to make a stand . Many repetitions are necessary to fix in the memory lines not ...
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lines would overbalance the bad . ... Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse , the full - resounding line , The long majestick march ... If Cowley had sometimes a finished line , he had it by chance .
lines would overbalance the bad . ... Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse , the full - resounding line , The long majestick march ... If Cowley had sometimes a finished line , he had it by chance .
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A simile may be compared to lines converging at a point , and is more excellent as the lines approach from greater distance : an exemplification may be considered as two parallel lines which run on together without approximation , never ...
A simile may be compared to lines converging at a point , and is more excellent as the lines approach from greater distance : an exemplification may be considered as two parallel lines which run on together without approximation , never ...
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| Title | Lives of The English Poets Volume I |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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