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Page 54
... Since in the opinion of the mul- titude , it might coft lefs pain and oil , than an imitation of the greater Epic . But poffible it is also that on due reflection , the maker might find it easier to paint a Charlemagne , a Brute or a ...
... Since in the opinion of the mul- titude , it might coft lefs pain and oil , than an imitation of the greater Epic . But poffible it is also that on due reflection , the maker might find it easier to paint a Charlemagne , a Brute or a ...
Page 116
... Since wher , he fell under a fecond miftake , and abus'd both him and his Friend . He is a writer of Genius and Spirit , tho ' in his youth he was guilty of fome pieces bordering upon bombaft . Our Poet here gives him a Panegyric ...
... Since wher , he fell under a fecond miftake , and abus'd both him and his Friend . He is a writer of Genius and Spirit , tho ' in his youth he was guilty of fome pieces bordering upon bombaft . Our Poet here gives him a Panegyric ...
Page 138
... Since they are Truly English , Men ught to underftand them ; and fuch as are for Uniformity fhould think all alterations in a language , frange , abominable , and unwarrantable . Rightly therefore , I fay again , hath our Poet ufed ...
... Since they are Truly English , Men ught to underftand them ; and fuch as are for Uniformity fhould think all alterations in a language , frange , abominable , and unwarrantable . Rightly therefore , I fay again , hath our Poet ufed ...
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