Major English Writers of the Eighteenth Century, Volume 1Harold E. Pagliaro Free Press, 1969 - English literature |
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... write . Let such teach others who themselves excel , And censure freely who have written well . Authors are partial to their wit , ' tis true , But are not Critics to their judgment too ? Yet if we look more closely , we shall find Most ...
... write . Let such teach others who themselves excel , And censure freely who have written well . Authors are partial to their wit , ' tis true , But are not Critics to their judgment too ? Yet if we look more closely , we shall find Most ...
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... write with fle'me : They write with phlegm : that is , phlegmatically . 665. Dionysius : Dionysius of Halicar- nassus ( fl . c . 25 B.C. ) , a sound literary critic and historian , often cited for his view that the style is the man ...
... write with fle'me : They write with phlegm : that is , phlegmatically . 665. Dionysius : Dionysius of Halicar- nassus ( fl . c . 25 B.C. ) , a sound literary critic and historian , often cited for his view that the style is the man ...
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... writer he had this peculiarity , that he did not write his pieces first 20 rudely , and then correct them , but laboured every line as it arose in the train of composition ; and he had a notion not very peculiar , that he could not write ...
... writer he had this peculiarity , that he did not write his pieces first 20 rudely , and then correct them , but laboured every line as it arose in the train of composition ; and he had a notion not very peculiar , that he could not write ...
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John Dryden 16311700 | 4 |
ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL | 11 |
MAC FLECKNOE | 37 |
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