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Page 214
... pass , without allowing grains for weight . Think it not envy that these truths are told ; Our poet's not malicious , though he's bold . ' Tis not to brand ' em that their faults are shown , But , by their errors , to excuse his own ...
... pass , without allowing grains for weight . Think it not envy that these truths are told ; Our poet's not malicious , though he's bold . ' Tis not to brand ' em that their faults are shown , But , by their errors , to excuse his own ...
Page 492
... pass but by many other imperfect ones which conduce to it , and hold the audience in a delightful suspense of what will be . ' If by these rules ( to omit many other drawn from the precepts and practice of the Ancients ) we should judge ...
... pass but by many other imperfect ones which conduce to it , and hold the audience in a delightful suspense of what will be . ' If by these rules ( to omit many other drawn from the precepts and practice of the Ancients ) we should judge ...
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... pass to another of mirth and humour , and to enjoy it with any relish : but why should he imagine the soul of man more heavy than this senses ? Does not the eye pass from an unpleasant object to a pleasant in a much shorter time than is ...
... pass to another of mirth and humour , and to enjoy it with any relish : but why should he imagine the soul of man more heavy than this senses ? Does not the eye pass from an unpleasant object to a pleasant in a much shorter time than is ...
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Upon the Death of the Lord Hastings 37 | 3 |
Heroic Stanzas to the Memory of Oliver Cromwell | 14 |
To Dr Charleton | 28 |
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action ALEXAS Ancients ANTONY appear arms bear beauty better cause characters CLEOPATRA comedy concernment court dear death DOLABELLA DORALICE Dryden English Enter eyes fate father fear fire foes follow force fortune French give hand happy haste hear heart Heav'n honour hope Italy judge kind king laws least leave LEONIDAS less live look lord lost manners means MELANTHA mind move nature never observed once pains PALAMEDE PALMYRA pass passions Persius persons pity play pleased plot poem poet poor praise prince raise reason rest RHODOPHIL rhyme Roman rule satire scene sense side soul speak stage stand sure tell thee things thou thought tragedy translation true turn VENTIDIUS verse virtue wife write young
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Elations: The Poetics of Enthusiasm in Eighteenth-century Britain Shaun Irlam No preview available - 1999 |