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Pagina 18
... sure , but really elegant , and , on the whole , better than those in which Dryden squeezed out melodious tears . Waller , who had also made himself conspicuous as a volunteer Antony to the country squire turned Cæsar , ( " With ermine ...
... sure , but really elegant , and , on the whole , better than those in which Dryden squeezed out melodious tears . Waller , who had also made himself conspicuous as a volunteer Antony to the country squire turned Cæsar , ( " With ermine ...
Pagina 27
... sure , is no plagiarism ; but it should be carried to Dryden's credit that we catch the poets of the next half - century oftener with their hands in his pockets than in those of any one else . Essay on Satire . Ibid . 66 way , but swept ...
... sure , is no plagiarism ; but it should be carried to Dryden's credit that we catch the poets of the next half - century oftener with their hands in his pockets than in those of any one else . Essay on Satire . Ibid . 66 way , but swept ...
Pagina 28
... sure to come suddenly down with a bump . His odes , indeed , are an alternation of upward jerks and concussions , and smack more of Chapelain than of the Theban , but his prose is very agreeable , — Montaigne and water , perhaps , but ...
... sure to come suddenly down with a bump . His odes , indeed , are an alternation of upward jerks and concussions , and smack more of Chapelain than of the Theban , but his prose is very agreeable , — Montaigne and water , perhaps , but ...
Pagina 29
... Sure ' t is the end of all things ! Fate has torn The lock of Time off , and his head is now The ghastly ball of round Eternity ! ' But the next , in which the soul is likened to the pocket of an indignant housemaid charged with theft ...
... Sure ' t is the end of all things ! Fate has torn The lock of Time off , and his head is now The ghastly ball of round Eternity ! ' But the next , in which the soul is likened to the pocket of an indignant housemaid charged with theft ...
Pagina 39
... sure to take him on the strongest side , and where he is least liable to exceptions . " This is true also of one who wishes to measure an author fairly , for the higher wisdom of criticism lies in the capacity to admire . Leser , wie ...
... sure to take him on the strongest side , and where he is least liable to exceptions . " This is true also of one who wishes to measure an author fairly , for the higher wisdom of criticism lies in the capacity to admire . Leser , wie ...
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