The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1J. Buckland, 1790 |
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... of facts is not easily discovered ; and I am not without fufpicion that fome of Dryden's works are placed in wrong years . I have fol- B 2 lowed . lowed Langbaine * , as the best authority for his [ 3 ] Dr JOHNSON'S Advertisement, P.
... of facts is not easily discovered ; and I am not without fufpicion that fome of Dryden's works are placed in wrong years . I have fol- B 2 lowed . lowed Langbaine * , as the best authority for his [ 3 ] Dr JOHNSON'S Advertisement, P.
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... discovered . How far he complied with the men in power , is to be enquired before he can be blamed . It is not faid that he told them any fecrets , or af- fifted them by intelligence , or any other act . If he he only promised to be ...
... discovered . How far he complied with the men in power , is to be enquired before he can be blamed . It is not faid that he told them any fecrets , or af- fifted them by intelligence , or any other act . If he he only promised to be ...
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... discovered , cannot be known . He that miffes his end will never be as much pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his failure to himfelf ; and when the end is to please the multitude , no man , per- haps ...
... discovered , cannot be known . He that miffes his end will never be as much pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his failure to himfelf ; and when the end is to please the multitude , no man , per- haps ...
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... discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike . Of wit , thus defined , they have more than enough . The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together ; nature and ant are ranfacked for illuftrations ...
... discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike . Of wit , thus defined , they have more than enough . The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together ; nature and ant are ranfacked for illuftrations ...
Page 47
... E'er rigg'd a foul for heaven's discovery , With whom more venturers might boldly dare Venture their stakes , with him in joy to fhare . DONNE . Their thoughts and expreffions were fome . times groffly abfurd Their со COWL E Y. 47.
... E'er rigg'd a foul for heaven's discovery , With whom more venturers might boldly dare Venture their stakes , with him in joy to fhare . DONNE . Their thoughts and expreffions were fome . times groffly abfurd Their со COWL E Y. 47.
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