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... representative , and he has individual force enough to be representative with unusual vitality . The representative quality ( with the distinction he manifests in it ) is well illustrated by one of IS THE LINE OF WIT.
... representative , and he has individual force enough to be representative with unusual vitality . The representative quality ( with the distinction he manifests in it ) is well illustrated by one of IS THE LINE OF WIT.
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... representative poet than in calling him a great poet , for he is certainly a great representative . He may be a greater poet than Marvell , but he did not write any poetry as indubitably great as Marvell's best . Pope's peculiar ...
... representative poet than in calling him a great poet , for he is certainly a great representative . He may be a greater poet than Marvell , but he did not write any poetry as indubitably great as Marvell's best . Pope's peculiar ...
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... representative enough to make the period remarkable , though his greatness is not purely Augustan . But apart from Pope Gay , Parnell , Swift , Prior ? The first two are representative period figures , of very minor interest ; that ...
... representative enough to make the period remarkable , though his greatness is not purely Augustan . But apart from Pope Gay , Parnell , Swift , Prior ? The first two are representative period figures , of very minor interest ; that ...
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