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Pagina 11
... seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , ⚫ far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more fre- quently by what perverseness of ...
... seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , ⚫ far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more fre- quently by what perverseness of ...
Pagina 222
... seldom at a great distance from irreverence of religion , and Dryden affords no exception to this observation . His writings exhibit many passages , which , with all the allowance that can be made for characters and occasions , are such ...
... seldom at a great distance from irreverence of religion , and Dryden affords no exception to this observation . His writings exhibit many passages , which , with all the allowance that can be made for characters and occasions , are such ...
Pagina 351
... seldom reaches supreme excellence , he rarely sinks into dullness , and is still more rarely entangled in absurdity . He did not trust his powers enough to be negligent . There is in most of his compositions a calmness and equability ...
... seldom reaches supreme excellence , he rarely sinks into dullness , and is still more rarely entangled in absurdity . He did not trust his powers enough to be negligent . There is in most of his compositions a calmness and equability ...
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ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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