The Works of the English Poets: PrefacesH. Hughs, 1772 |
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... attempted any vigorous defence ; for , though he was perhaps fometimes injurioufly cen- fured , he would by denying part of the charge have confeffed the reft ; and as his adverfaries had the proof in their own hands , he , who knew ...
... attempted any vigorous defence ; for , though he was perhaps fometimes injurioufly cen- fured , he would by denying part of the charge have confeffed the reft ; and as his adverfaries had the proof in their own hands , he , who knew ...
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... it equalled but by Sacheverel's trial . The reafon of this general perufal Addison has attempted to derive from the delight which the mind feels in the invefti- inveftigation of fecrets ; and thinks that curiofity to decypher 92 DRY D E N.
... it equalled but by Sacheverel's trial . The reafon of this general perufal Addison has attempted to derive from the delight which the mind feels in the invefti- inveftigation of fecrets ; and thinks that curiofity to decypher 92 DRY D E N.
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... attempted the Iliad , fome years afterwards , he departed from his own decifion , and again tranflated into . rhyme . When he has any objection to ob- viate , or any license to defend , he is not very fcrupulous about what he af- ferts ...
... attempted the Iliad , fome years afterwards , he departed from his own decifion , and again tranflated into . rhyme . When he has any objection to ob- viate , or any license to defend , he is not very fcrupulous about what he af- ferts ...
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... attempted ; we had few elegancies or flowers of fpeech , the rófes had not yet been plucked from the ' bramble , or different colours had not been joined to enliven one another . ' It may be doubted whether Waller and Denham could have ...
... attempted ; we had few elegancies or flowers of fpeech , the rófes had not yet been plucked from the ' bramble , or different colours had not been joined to enliven one another . ' It may be doubted whether Waller and Denham could have ...
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... attempted it ; and fo fuccessfully laboured , that though at laft it gives the mind more perplexity than pleasure , and feems hardly worth the study that it cofts , yet it must be valued as a proof of a mind at once fubtle and ...
... attempted it ; and fo fuccessfully laboured , that though at laft it gives the mind more perplexity than pleasure , and feems hardly worth the study that it cofts , yet it must be valued as a proof of a mind at once fubtle and ...
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