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Page 308
... pleasing harmony of numbers ; and all these raised to such a height as can scarcely be found in any other English composition . It is not , however , without faults ; some lines are inelegant or improper , and too many are irreligiously ...
... pleasing harmony of numbers ; and all these raised to such a height as can scarcely be found in any other English composition . It is not , however , without faults ; some lines are inelegant or improper , and too many are irreligiously ...
Page 390
... pleasing tragedies on the stage , where it still keeps its turns of appearing , and probably will long keep them , for there is scarcely any work of any poet at once so interesting by the fable , and so delightful by the language . The ...
... pleasing tragedies on the stage , where it still keeps its turns of appearing , and probably will long keep them , for there is scarcely any work of any poet at once so interesting by the fable , and so delightful by the language . The ...
Page 432
... pleasing , and the praise of Marlborough , for which the scene gives an opportunity , is , what perhaps every human excellence must be , the product of good - luck improved by genius . The thoughts are sometimes great , and sometimes ...
... pleasing , and the praise of Marlborough , for which the scene gives an opportunity , is , what perhaps every human excellence must be , the product of good - luck improved by genius . The thoughts are sometimes great , and sometimes ...
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