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Page 88
... pleased himself with blank verse , and supposed that the numbers of Milton , which impress the mind with venera- tion , combined as they are with subjects of in- conceivable grandeur , could be sustained by im- ages which , at most ...
... pleased himself with blank verse , and supposed that the numbers of Milton , which impress the mind with venera- tion , combined as they are with subjects of in- conceivable grandeur , could be sustained by im- ages which , at most ...
Page 89
... pleased with contemplating a beau , the other a hero : even from the same object they would draw different ideas : Achilles would appear in very different lights to Thersi- tes and Alexander ; the one would admire the courage and ...
... pleased with contemplating a beau , the other a hero : even from the same object they would draw different ideas : Achilles would appear in very different lights to Thersi- tes and Alexander ; the one would admire the courage and ...
Page 93
... pleased himself with his own dramas , Of the stage , when he had once invaded it , he kept possession for many years ; not indeed without the competition of rivals who some- times prevailed , or the censure of critics , which was often ...
... pleased himself with his own dramas , Of the stage , when he had once invaded it , he kept possession for many years ; not indeed without the competition of rivals who some- times prevailed , or the censure of critics , which was often ...
Page 108
... pleased with the corpse . Upon this , the undertaker waited upon the Lady Eliza beth and her son , and threatened to bring the corpse home , and set it before the door . They desired , a day's respite , which was granted . Mr. Charles ...
... pleased with the corpse . Upon this , the undertaker waited upon the Lady Eliza beth and her son , and threatened to bring the corpse home , and set it before the door . They desired , a day's respite , which was granted . Mr. Charles ...
Page 113
... pleased by chance . A writer who has obtained his full purpose loses himself in his own lustre . Of an opinion which is no longer doubted , the evidence ceases to be examined . Of an art universally practised , the first teacher is ...
... pleased by chance . A writer who has obtained his full purpose loses himself in his own lustre . Of an opinion which is no longer doubted , the evidence ceases to be examined . Of an art universally practised , the first teacher is ...
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