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Pagina 146
... numbers purposely neglected , except in a few places where the thoughts by their native excellence secure themselves from violation , being such as mean language cannot express . The mode of versification has been blamed by Dryden , who ...
... numbers purposely neglected , except in a few places where the thoughts by their native excellence secure themselves from violation , being such as mean language cannot express . The mode of versification has been blamed by Dryden , who ...
Pagina 169
... numbers , and by his own nicety of observation , he had already formed such a system of metrical harmony as he never afterwards much needed , or much endeavoured , to improve . Denham corrected his numbers by experience . and gained ...
... numbers , and by his own nicety of observation , he had already formed such a system of metrical harmony as he never afterwards much needed , or much endeavoured , to improve . Denham corrected his numbers by experience . and gained ...
Pagina 308
... numbers ; and all these raised to such a height as can scarcely be found in any other English composition . It is not , however , without faults ; some lines are inelegant or improper , and too many are irreligiously licentious . The ...
... numbers ; and all these raised to such a height as can scarcely be found in any other English composition . It is not , however , without faults ; some lines are inelegant or improper , and too many are irreligiously licentious . The ...
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