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Pagina 77
... least to loosen those bonds first put on by caprice , and after- wards drawn hard by fashion , is my wish . I have assumed the critic only to dissuade from criticism . " There is scarce an error of which our present writers are guilty ...
... least to loosen those bonds first put on by caprice , and after- wards drawn hard by fashion , is my wish . I have assumed the critic only to dissuade from criticism . " There is scarce an error of which our present writers are guilty ...
Pagina 153
... least enough to suffice half a dozen armies ; but new standards are more easily made than new armies can be enlisted . saw besides , some very rich furniture , and some of the crown jewels of great value ; but what princi- pally engaged ...
... least enough to suffice half a dozen armies ; but new standards are more easily made than new armies can be enlisted . saw besides , some very rich furniture , and some of the crown jewels of great value ; but what princi- pally engaged ...
Pagina 306
... least in the meridian lustre he now displays . But Dryden's excellencies as a writer were not confined to poetry alone . There is in his prose writings an ease and elegance that have never yet been so well united in works of taste or ...
... least in the meridian lustre he now displays . But Dryden's excellencies as a writer were not confined to poetry alone . There is in his prose writings an ease and elegance that have never yet been so well united in works of taste or ...
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CHAPTER | 3 |
III | 21 |
Of the present state of polite learning in Italy | 27 |
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