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... shew his delight in the increasing honour of his country by an Epistle to Boileau . He published , soon afterwards , a volume of poems , with the encomiastick character of his deceased patron the duke of Dorset : it began with the ...
... shew his delight in the increasing honour of his country by an Epistle to Boileau . He published , soon afterwards , a volume of poems , with the encomiastick character of his deceased patron the duke of Dorset : it began with the ...
Pagina 249
... shew his power as a poet , but I have been told that they betray his ignor- ance of painting . He appears to have regarded Betterton with kind- ness and esteem ; and after his death published , under his name , a version into modern ...
... shew his power as a poet , but I have been told that they betray his ignor- ance of painting . He appears to have regarded Betterton with kind- ness and esteem ; and after his death published , under his name , a version into modern ...
Pagina 328
... shew . A simile , to be perfect , must both illustrate and ennoble the subject ; must shew it to the under- standing in a clearer view , and display it to the fancy with greater dignity ; but either of these qualities may be sufficient ...
... shew . A simile , to be perfect , must both illustrate and ennoble the subject ; must shew it to the under- standing in a clearer view , and display it to the fancy with greater dignity ; but either of these qualities may be sufficient ...
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