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Page 114
Perhaps I may allow , the Dean Had too much Satire in his vein ; And seemd determin'd not to ftarve it , Because no age could more deserve it . Vice , if it e'er can be abalh'd , Must be or ridicul'd , or lasb'd .
Perhaps I may allow , the Dean Had too much Satire in his vein ; And seemd determin'd not to ftarve it , Because no age could more deserve it . Vice , if it e'er can be abalh'd , Must be or ridicul'd , or lasb'd .
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The whole world was noc half so wide To Alexander , when he cry'd Because he had but one to subdue , As was a narrow paltry tub to Diogenes ; who is not said ( For ought that ever I could read ) To whine , put finger i'th'eye , and sob ...
The whole world was noc half so wide To Alexander , when he cry'd Because he had but one to subdue , As was a narrow paltry tub to Diogenes ; who is not said ( For ought that ever I could read ) To whine , put finger i'th'eye , and sob ...
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Tragedy than Comedy ; because a person elated with joy , or depressed with grief , fired with anger , or languishing in love , may be j a sopposed to converse with himself : - And Soliloquies of 158 Of DRAMATIC POETRY .
Tragedy than Comedy ; because a person elated with joy , or depressed with grief , fired with anger , or languishing in love , may be j a sopposed to converse with himself : - And Soliloquies of 158 Of DRAMATIC POETRY .
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| Title | The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets ; and of Translations from the Ancients ... Volume 2 of The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets; and of Translations from the Ancients, John Newbery |
| Author | John Newbery |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Gregg International Publishers Limited, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 27, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0576029947, 9780576029940 |
| Length | 382 pages |
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