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... least their * Titles , and discovering ( as far as you can depend on the truth of your information ) the names of the conceal'd authors . : The first objection I have heard made to the Poem is , that the persons are too obscure for ...
... least their * Titles , and discovering ( as far as you can depend on the truth of your information ) the names of the conceal'd authors . : The first objection I have heard made to the Poem is , that the persons are too obscure for ...
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... least those extraneous parts should unhappily afcend to the fub- lime , and retard the declenfion of the whole . " Behold ! thefe Un- derlings are become good writers ! < If any fay , that before the faid proposals were printed , the ...
... least those extraneous parts should unhappily afcend to the fub- lime , and retard the declenfion of the whole . " Behold ! thefe Un- derlings are become good writers ! < If any fay , that before the faid proposals were printed , the ...
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... least concern for them afterwards . 2. I have laid it down as the first rule of Paftoral , that its Idea should be taken from the manners of the Golden Age , and the Moral form'd upon the representation of Innocence ; ' tis therefore ...
... least concern for them afterwards . 2. I have laid it down as the first rule of Paftoral , that its Idea should be taken from the manners of the Golden Age , and the Moral form'd upon the representation of Innocence ; ' tis therefore ...
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