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... passages . For the modern dra- matists , as a body , it is almost needless in the present writer to express his contempt ; and some of them , even as men ... passage , or felt more for the PREFACE . ix ble , towards such persons as might.
... passages . For the modern dra- matists , as a body , it is almost needless in the present writer to express his contempt ; and some of them , even as men ... passage , or felt more for the PREFACE . ix ble , towards such persons as might.
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... passage To tell men freely of their foulest faults , To laugh at their vain deeds and vainer thoughts , " Would Dryden have pardoned such a rhyme ? " . It would appear so , for he used it repeatedly him- self . Not to multiply instances ...
... passage To tell men freely of their foulest faults , To laugh at their vain deeds and vainer thoughts , " Would Dryden have pardoned such a rhyme ? " . It would appear so , for he used it repeatedly him- self . Not to multiply instances ...
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... passage from Dryden . ( 2 ) And Thomson , though best in his indolent fits , Either slept himself weary , or bloated his wits . In thinking it necessary to explain this pas- sage , I only wish to deprecate all idea of disre- spect to ...
... passage from Dryden . ( 2 ) And Thomson , though best in his indolent fits , Either slept himself weary , or bloated his wits . In thinking it necessary to explain this pas- sage , I only wish to deprecate all idea of disre- spect to ...
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... passage : At length they came into a forest wyde , Whose hideous horror and sad trembling sound Full griesly seem'd : .... therein they long did ryde , Yet tract of living creature none they found , Save beares , lyons , and buls ...
... passage : At length they came into a forest wyde , Whose hideous horror and sad trembling sound Full griesly seem'd : .... therein they long did ryde , Yet tract of living creature none they found , Save beares , lyons , and buls ...
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... passages , and he will find that they have scarcely any other pauses than at the fourth or fifth syllable , and both with little variation of accent . Upon these the poet is eternally dropping his voice , line after line , sometimes ...
... passages , and he will find that they have scarcely any other pauses than at the fourth or fifth syllable , and both with little variation of accent . Upon these the poet is eternally dropping his voice , line after line , sometimes ...
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