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Page 59
... better way , but has not pursued it with great success . His versions of Virgil are not pleasing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on ' Old Age ' has neither the clearness of prose , nor the ...
... better way , but has not pursued it with great success . His versions of Virgil are not pleasing ; but they taught Dryden to please better . His poetical imitation of Tully on ' Old Age ' has neither the clearness of prose , nor the ...
Page 307
... better , Omnia noctis erant . The following quatrain is vigorous and animated : The ghosts of traytors from the bridge descend With bold fanatick spectres to rejoice ; About the fire into a dance they bend , And sing their sabbath notes ...
... better , Omnia noctis erant . The following quatrain is vigorous and animated : The ghosts of traytors from the bridge descend With bold fanatick spectres to rejoice ; About the fire into a dance they bend , And sing their sabbath notes ...
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... better part of mankind were obliged by the freedom of his reflections . His Bodleian Speech , though taken from a remote and imperfect copy , hath shewn the world how great a master he was of the Ciceronian eloquence , mixed with the ...
... better part of mankind were obliged by the freedom of his reflections . His Bodleian Speech , though taken from a remote and imperfect copy , hath shewn the world how great a master he was of the Ciceronian eloquence , mixed with the ...
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