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... true , after all , are rather re- sults of criticism , than criticism itself ; and the smallness of the poem , perhaps , hardly warranted even this ; but he was anxious to show that he had at least considered the subjects of which he ...
... true , after all , are rather re- sults of criticism , than criticism itself ; and the smallness of the poem , perhaps , hardly warranted even this ; but he was anxious to show that he had at least considered the subjects of which he ...
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... true , had a good deal to say ; But the rogue had no industry -- neither had Gray : And l'homson , though best in his indolent fits , Either slept himself weary , or blated his wits . ( 2 ) But ever since Pope spoil'd the ears of the ...
... true , had a good deal to say ; But the rogue had no industry -- neither had Gray : And l'homson , though best in his indolent fits , Either slept himself weary , or blated his wits . ( 2 ) But ever since Pope spoil'd the ears of the ...
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... true offspring of Jove , The brow all of wisdom , and lips all of love ; For though he was blooming , and oval of cheek , And youth down his shoulders went smoothing and sleek , Yet his look with the reach of past ages was wise , And ...
... true offspring of Jove , The brow all of wisdom , and lips all of love ; For though he was blooming , and oval of cheek , And youth down his shoulders went smoothing and sleek , Yet his look with the reach of past ages was wise , And ...
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... true →→→ My thanks to that name are undoubtedly due : The rod , that got rid of the Cruscas and Lauras- That plague of the butterflies - sav'd me the horrors ; The Juvenal , too , stops a gap in one's shelf , At least in what Dryden ...
... true →→→ My thanks to that name are undoubtedly due : The rod , that got rid of the Cruscas and Lauras- That plague of the butterflies - sav'd me the horrors ; The Juvenal , too , stops a gap in one's shelf , At least in what Dryden ...
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... true , by favour of long standing , and of the carelesness or ignorance of compilers , still keeps his place in those strange medleys of good and bad , called collections of the English Poets ; but very few persons know any thing of him ...
... true , by favour of long standing , and of the carelesness or ignorance of compilers , still keeps his place in those strange medleys of good and bad , called collections of the English Poets ; but very few persons know any thing of him ...
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