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... line has escaped him respecting one of them , for which he is sorry , both on account of the general character of the individual , and the nature of the allusion , which involves a personal- ity not warrantable by any circumstances but ...
... line has escaped him respecting one of them , for which he is sorry , both on account of the general character of the individual , and the nature of the allusion , which involves a personal- ity not warrantable by any circumstances but ...
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... lines he had made on a straw , Showing how he had found it , and what it was for , And how , when ' twas balanc'd , it stood like a spell ! - And how , when ' twas balanc'd no longer , it fell ! A wild thing of scorn he describ'd it to ...
... lines he had made on a straw , Showing how he had found it , and what it was for , And how , when ' twas balanc'd , it stood like a spell ! - And how , when ' twas balanc'd no longer , it fell ! A wild thing of scorn he describ'd it to ...
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... lines and vary his pauses . " It isdangerous to hazard conclusions with regard to the opinions of others , upon matters of which our own senses have but imperfectly informed us . Johnson , by his own confession , had 6 35.
... lines and vary his pauses . " It isdangerous to hazard conclusions with regard to the opinions of others , upon matters of which our own senses have but imperfectly informed us . Johnson , by his own confession , had 6 35.
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... lines are in the course of a very long poem ; yet so little had Warton's ear profited by his acquaintance with the Greek and Italian writers , as well as those of his own country , that he had obtained no perception of what is musical ...
... lines are in the course of a very long poem ; yet so little had Warton's ear profited by his acquaintance with the Greek and Italian writers , as well as those of his own country , that he had obtained no perception of what is musical ...
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... lines from Pope at a hazard , or , if he pleases , from his best and most elaborate passages , and he will find that ... line after line , sometimes upon only one of them for eight 39.
... lines from Pope at a hazard , or , if he pleases , from his best and most elaborate passages , and he will find that ... line after line , sometimes upon only one of them for eight 39.
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