Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2Dent, 1930 |
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... thought that by these services he acquired a right to express himself in terms which would not , under ordinary circumstances , become one who was addressing a man of four times his age . In one letter he tells Wycherley that " the ...
... thought that by these services he acquired a right to express himself in terms which would not , under ordinary circumstances , become one who was addressing a man of four times his age . In one letter he tells Wycherley that " the ...
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... thought , indeed , that no poem of the first order would ever be written in a dead language . And did he think amiss ? Has not the experience of centuries confirmed his opinion ? Boileau also thought it probable that , in the best ...
... thought , indeed , that no poem of the first order would ever be written in a dead language . And did he think amiss ? Has not the experience of centuries confirmed his opinion ? Boileau also thought it probable that , in the best ...
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... thought that he could fly from nothing more vicious or im- pious than himself . The epilogue , which was written by Garth , a zealous Whig , was severely and not unreasonably censured as ignoble and out of place . But Addison was ...
... thought that he could fly from nothing more vicious or im- pious than himself . The epilogue , which was written by Garth , a zealous Whig , was severely and not unreasonably censured as ignoble and out of place . But Addison was ...
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