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Pagina 52
... observed in divers other places of this poem , that else will pass for very careless verses : as before , And over - runs the neighb'ring fields with violent course . In the second book , Down a precipice deep , down he casts them all ...
... observed in divers other places of this poem , that else will pass for very careless verses : as before , And over - runs the neighb'ring fields with violent course . In the second book , Down a precipice deep , down he casts them all ...
Pagina 249
... observed , that what is good only because it pleases , cannot be pronounced good till it has been found to please . Sir Martin Marall is a comedy , published without preface or dedication , and at first without the name of the author ...
... observed , that what is good only because it pleases , cannot be pronounced good till it has been found to please . Sir Martin Marall is a comedy , published without preface or dedication , and at first without the name of the author ...
Pagina 260
... Observe , how prettily our author chops logick in heroick verse . Three such fustian , canting words as distributive ... observation : such as , ' Move swiftly , Sun , and fly a lover's pace , Leave months and weeks behind thee in thy ...
... Observe , how prettily our author chops logick in heroick verse . Three such fustian , canting words as distributive ... observation : such as , ' Move swiftly , Sun , and fly a lover's pace , Leave months and weeks behind thee in thy ...
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