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Page 14
... means a match for his enemies . This gave occasion to Mr. DRYDEN'S reflection , that the Devil was in reality MILTON'S Hero . I think I have obviated this objection in my first paper . The Paradise Lost is an Epic or a narrative Poem ...
... means a match for his enemies . This gave occasion to Mr. DRYDEN'S reflection , that the Devil was in reality MILTON'S Hero . I think I have obviated this objection in my first paper . The Paradise Lost is an Epic or a narrative Poem ...
Page 16
... means to be allowed of , in an Epic Poem . If the Poet , even in the ordinary course of his narration , should speak as little as possible , he should certainly never let his narration sleep for the sake of any reflection of his own . I ...
... means to be allowed of , in an Epic Poem . If the Poet , even in the ordinary course of his narration , should speak as little as possible , he should certainly never let his narration sleep for the sake of any reflection of his own . I ...
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... mean between being Wasps and Doves in public . * I should think if you advised to hate or FIELDING observes , that it is possible for a third- person to be very intimate ; nay , even to live long in the same house with a married couple ...
... mean between being Wasps and Doves in public . * I should think if you advised to hate or FIELDING observes , that it is possible for a third- person to be very intimate ; nay , even to live long in the same house with a married couple ...
Page 32
are who are arrived at years of discretion , I mean are got out of the hands of their parents and governors , and are set up for themselves , who yet are liable to these attempts ; but if these are prevailed upon , you must excuse me if ...
are who are arrived at years of discretion , I mean are got out of the hands of their parents and governors , and are set up for themselves , who yet are liable to these attempts ; but if these are prevailed upon , you must excuse me if ...
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... mean acquisition , and demands veneration in the right of an idol ; for this reason her natural desire of life is continually checked with an inconsistent fear of wrinkles in old age . EMILIA cannot be supposed ignorant of her personal ...
... mean acquisition , and demands veneration in the right of an idol ; for this reason her natural desire of life is continually checked with an inconsistent fear of wrinkles in old age . EMILIA cannot be supposed ignorant of her personal ...
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