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... begins . Of course , this is not a scientific division . By no stretch of language can Shakspere or Ben Jonson be numbered among ancient authors : all that I mean is 1 this , that Addison and Pope are the first writers.
... begins . Of course , this is not a scientific division . By no stretch of language can Shakspere or Ben Jonson be numbered among ancient authors : all that I mean is 1 this , that Addison and Pope are the first writers.
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... ancient Greeks , and Romans ; from which , young men , and all others that are unprovided * Nathanael Ingelo's " Bentivoglio and Urania , " 1650 , is exceptionally well written . of the Antidote of solid Reason , receiving a strong 4 ...
... ancient Greeks , and Romans ; from which , young men , and all others that are unprovided * Nathanael Ingelo's " Bentivoglio and Urania , " 1650 , is exceptionally well written . of the Antidote of solid Reason , receiving a strong 4 ...
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... ancient authors to hungry readers , and literature began The medieval literature , it must be remembered , was considerable in amount ; but it had grown artificial and unfruitful when these finer models were rediscovered . It is ...
... ancient authors to hungry readers , and literature began The medieval literature , it must be remembered , was considerable in amount ; but it had grown artificial and unfruitful when these finer models were rediscovered . It is ...
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... ancient poet , should form a prelude to Aristotle and the other sages who will shortly be im- printed at my hands . ' " - Symonds , " Greek Poets , " ii . 348 [ Am . ed . ] . See also Waller's poem , " On the King's Escape . " Addison ...
... ancient poet , should form a prelude to Aristotle and the other sages who will shortly be im- printed at my hands . ' " - Symonds , " Greek Poets , " ii . 348 [ Am . ed . ] . See also Waller's poem , " On the King's Escape . " Addison ...
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... vii . 188 : April 29 , 1778 ) : " Modern writers are the moons of literature ; they shine with reflected light - with light borrowed from the ancients . " nature of the French influence . We are always too 16 English Literature .
... vii . 188 : April 29 , 1778 ) : " Modern writers are the moons of literature ; they shine with reflected light - with light borrowed from the ancients . " nature of the French influence . We are always too 16 English Literature .
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