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... omitted : 3dly , the most eafy word of all , lievest , he knows little or nothing of . Now aldir - lieveft fignifies nothing else but deareft of all : In Chaucer's Troilus and Crefeide . L. III . y . 240. Pandarus calls Troilus his ...
... omitted : 3dly , the most eafy word of all , lievest , he knows little or nothing of . Now aldir - lieveft fignifies nothing else but deareft of all : In Chaucer's Troilus and Crefeide . L. III . y . 240. Pandarus calls Troilus his ...
Page lxi
... omitted in this fecond edition ; because , with many additions , I intend foon to print them , as most proper , by themselves . The reader may perceive that by little and little I rife upon him , ' till I de- mand the giving up , as ...
... omitted in this fecond edition ; because , with many additions , I intend foon to print them , as most proper , by themselves . The reader may perceive that by little and little I rife upon him , ' till I de- mand the giving up , as ...
Page 9
... omitted , as they carry with them reflections falfe in every parti- cular . Or fhall we play the critic , and suppose them fome marginal obfervation , not written by the learned Antony Afhley Cooper ; and from hence by the blundering ...
... omitted , as they carry with them reflections falfe in every parti- cular . Or fhall we play the critic , and suppose them fome marginal obfervation , not written by the learned Antony Afhley Cooper ; and from hence by the blundering ...
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... omitted . The paflage I would thus read , Αὐτῆς δὲ τῆς ποιητικῆς διπλὴ ἡ ἁμαρτία · ἡ μὲν καθ ' αὐτὴν , ἡ δὲ κατὰ συμβεβηκός . Εἰ μὲν γὰρ προείλετο μιμήσασθαι κατ ' ἀδυναμίαν αὐτῆς , ἡ ἁμαρτία καθ ̓ αὐτήν · ἡ δὲ τὸ προελέσθαι μὴ ὀρθῶς ...
... omitted . The paflage I would thus read , Αὐτῆς δὲ τῆς ποιητικῆς διπλὴ ἡ ἁμαρτία · ἡ μὲν καθ ' αὐτὴν , ἡ δὲ κατὰ συμβεβηκός . Εἰ μὲν γὰρ προείλετο μιμήσασθαι κατ ' ἀδυναμίαν αὐτῆς , ἡ ἁμαρτία καθ ̓ αὐτήν · ἡ δὲ τὸ προελέσθαι μὴ ὀρθῶς ...
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... omitted , and we must read afeard . So the word is fpelt in Spencer , B. VI . c . 1. ft . 19 . " Against him ftoutly ran , as nought AFEARD . " ' Tis often used by Shakespeare . Merry Wives of Windfor , Act III . Slend . I care not for ...
... omitted , and we must read afeard . So the word is fpelt in Spencer , B. VI . c . 1. ft . 19 . " Against him ftoutly ran , as nought AFEARD . " ' Tis often used by Shakespeare . Merry Wives of Windfor , Act III . Slend . I care not for ...
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