Eighteenth Century Poetry & ProseLouis Ignatius Bredvold, Alan Dugald McKillop, Lois Whitney, John Marshall Bullitt A broad survey of eighteenth-century poetry. |
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... write a regular French play , or more difficult than to write an irregular English one , like those of Fletcher , or of Shakespeare ? " If they content themselves , as Cor- neille did , with some flat design , which , like an ill riddle ...
... write a regular French play , or more difficult than to write an irregular English one , like those of Fletcher , or of Shakespeare ? " If they content themselves , as Cor- neille did , with some flat design , which , like an ill riddle ...
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... write best , but which is most proper for the subject on which he writes . " First , give me leave , Sir , to remem- ber you that the argument against which you raised this objection was only secondary : it was built on this hypothesis ...
... write best , but which is most proper for the subject on which he writes . " First , give me leave , Sir , to remem- ber you that the argument against which you raised this objection was only secondary : it was built on this hypothesis ...
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... write , Or with a rival's , or an eunuch's spite . All fools have still an itching to deride , And fain would be upon the laughing side . If Mævius scribble in Apollo's spite , There are who judge still worse than he can write . Some ...
... write , Or with a rival's , or an eunuch's spite . All fools have still an itching to deride , And fain would be upon the laughing side . If Mævius scribble in Apollo's spite , There are who judge still worse than he can write . Some ...
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