Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 38
... censure may be opposed the ( approbation of Locke and the admiration of Molineux , which are found in their printed Letters . Molineux is particularly delighted with the song of Mopas , which is therefore subjoined to this narrative ...
... censure may be opposed the ( approbation of Locke and the admiration of Molineux , which are found in their printed Letters . Molineux is particularly delighted with the song of Mopas , which is therefore subjoined to this narrative ...
Page 155
... censure those crimes which have been gene- rally committed by the discoverers of new regions , and to expose the enormous wickedness of making war upon barbarous nations because they cannot resist , and of invading countries because ...
... censure those crimes which have been gene- rally committed by the discoverers of new regions , and to expose the enormous wickedness of making war upon barbarous nations because they cannot resist , and of invading countries because ...
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... censure . I have been told that Akenside , who upon a poetical question , has a right to be heard , said , " That he would regulate his opinion of the reigning taste by the fate of Dyer's Fleece ; for , if that were ill received , he ...
... censure . I have been told that Akenside , who upon a poetical question , has a right to be heard , said , " That he would regulate his opinion of the reigning taste by the fate of Dyer's Fleece ; for , if that were ill received , he ...
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