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Page 169
... noble Enthusiasm of Milton . Because the Generality of Poets and Wits his Contemporaries did not esteem him , tho ' they were by no means inferior in Understanding to his pretended living Admirers . Willmot Earl of Rochester never so ...
... noble Enthusiasm of Milton . Because the Generality of Poets and Wits his Contemporaries did not esteem him , tho ' they were by no means inferior in Understanding to his pretended living Admirers . Willmot Earl of Rochester never so ...
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... noble Fire , which alone can make them pleasing ; nor of that Justness and Solidity which alone can make them lasting . I believ'd that if they were publish'd together , they might be able one Day to do some Good to the publick , and no ...
... noble Fire , which alone can make them pleasing ; nor of that Justness and Solidity which alone can make them lasting . I believ'd that if they were publish'd together , they might be able one Day to do some Good to the publick , and no ...
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... noble Lord . But when He tells us that my Lord Roscommon writt extreamly well for the age in which He livd , what Does He mean to Boast of , His Impudence or His Ignorance ? Is He to be told that My Lord Roscommon was contemporary with ...
... noble Lord . But when He tells us that my Lord Roscommon writt extreamly well for the age in which He livd , what Does He mean to Boast of , His Impudence or His Ignorance ? Is He to be told that My Lord Roscommon was contemporary with ...
Contents
Introduction | vii |
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Shakespear 1712 | 1 |
Appendix excerpts and miscellaneousContinued X From the Prologue to Gibraltar 1705 | 39 |
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