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Page viii
... political ; but none , he trusts , of an ill tempered , still less of a personal nature , * and least of all , if possi- * It is an unpleasant thing for an author to balk the numour of one of his passages . For the modern dra- matists ...
... political ; but none , he trusts , of an ill tempered , still less of a personal nature , * and least of all , if possi- * It is an unpleasant thing for an author to balk the numour of one of his passages . For the modern dra- matists ...
Page ix
... politics . Like most of the poetical inventions of modern times , the idea of Apollo's holding sessions and elections is of Italian origin ; but having been treated in its most ordina- ry light , with the degradation of the God into a ...
... politics . Like most of the poetical inventions of modern times , the idea of Apollo's holding sessions and elections is of Italian origin ; but having been treated in its most ordina- ry light , with the degradation of the God into a ...
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... in Seneca's Tragedy of Thyestes , Homer's Bacchus , or the Pirates , Sonnet to T. B. , Esq . • Politics and Poetics , PAGE 15 • 31 • 121 • 123 • 124 • 127 129 133 · 136 • 137 THE FEAST OF THE POETS . T'OTHER day , as.
... in Seneca's Tragedy of Thyestes , Homer's Bacchus , or the Pirates , Sonnet to T. B. , Esq . • Politics and Poetics , PAGE 15 • 31 • 121 • 123 • 124 • 127 129 133 · 136 • 137 THE FEAST OF THE POETS . T'OTHER day , as.
Page 62
... politics may be estimated at once by the simple fact , that of all the advocates of Charles the Se- cond , he is the least scrupulous in mentioning his crimes , because he is the least abashed . Other writers have paid decency the ...
... politics may be estimated at once by the simple fact , that of all the advocates of Charles the Se- cond , he is the least scrupulous in mentioning his crimes , because he is the least abashed . Other writers have paid decency the ...
Page 63
... political principles ( the Earl of Mulgrave's ) were those of a staunch Tory , which he maintained through his whole life ; and he was zealous for the royal prerogative , although he had no small reason to complain of Charles the Second ...
... political principles ( the Earl of Mulgrave's ) were those of a staunch Tory , which he maintained through his whole life ; and he was zealous for the royal prerogative , although he had no small reason to complain of Charles the Second ...
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