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... Remarks upon Cato ( 1713 ) . 52. Defense of the Epilogue ( 1672 ) . 53. Quoted from Dryden , Preface to Fables Ancient and Modern ( 1700 ) . 54. Ben Jonson is meant . The " wits of Charles " mentioned below are of course the Restoration ...
... Remarks upon Cato ( 1713 ) . 52. Defense of the Epilogue ( 1672 ) . 53. Quoted from Dryden , Preface to Fables Ancient and Modern ( 1700 ) . 54. Ben Jonson is meant . The " wits of Charles " mentioned below are of course the Restoration ...
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... remarks , here is no room to speak , because every thing is done under the immediate and visible direction of Heaven ; but the rule is so far observed , that no part of the action could have been accom- plished by any other means . Of ...
... remarks , here is no room to speak , because every thing is done under the immediate and visible direction of Heaven ; but the rule is so far observed , that no part of the action could have been accom- plished by any other means . Of ...
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... remarks on Pope's Windsor Forest , p . 253 . 73. George Lyttelton , Prologue to Coriolanus . 74. Cf. Samuel Butler's Hudibras , 2. 1. 905-8 . 75. Ovid Remedia amoris 1. 344 . 76. See Pleasures of Imagination , first version , 1. 177 ...
... remarks on Pope's Windsor Forest , p . 253 . 73. George Lyttelton , Prologue to Coriolanus . 74. Cf. Samuel Butler's Hudibras , 2. 1. 905-8 . 75. Ovid Remedia amoris 1. 344 . 76. See Pleasures of Imagination , first version , 1. 177 ...
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FROM THE PERIODICAL CRITICISM 175059 | 1 |
Rambler nos 86 88 and 90 Paradise Lost | 65 |
Preface To A Dictionary of the English Language 1755 | 101 |
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