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Pagina 156
... believe , that much was imputed to him which he did not write . know not by whom the original collection was made , or by what authority its genuineness was ascertained . The first edition was published in the year of his death , with ...
... believe , that much was imputed to him which he did not write . know not by whom the original collection was made , or by what authority its genuineness was ascertained . The first edition was published in the year of his death , with ...
Pagina 276
... believe that Dryden , having employed his mind , active as it was , upon different studies , and filled it , capacious as it was , with other materials , came unprovided to the controversy , and wanted rather skill to discover the right ...
... believe that Dryden , having employed his mind , active as it was , upon different studies , and filled it , capacious as it was , with other materials , came unprovided to the controversy , and wanted rather skill to discover the right ...
Pagina 289
... believe ? He has been described as magisterially presiding over the younger writers , and assuming the distribu- tion of poetical fame ; but he who excels has a right to teach , and he whose judgement is incontestable may , without ...
... believe ? He has been described as magisterially presiding over the younger writers , and assuming the distribu- tion of poetical fame ; but he who excels has a right to teach , and he whose judgement is incontestable may , without ...
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