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...more apt to exaggerate than to illustrate the principles of their master ; men, according to Marvel, " Such as disquiet always what is well, And by ill imitating would excel." Lowth, as might have been expected, himself often, carries the principle of parallelism too far, but...

...and old song;" — or lest, " if a work so infinite be spann'd, Jealous he was that some less skilful hand ( Such as disquiet always what is well, And by...day, To change in scenes, and show it in a play." Lastly, much of this coarseness and levity, which, according to our present notions, seems to border...

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...— And he adds — Or if a work so infinite be spanned, Jealous I was that some less skilful hand, Might hence presume the whole creation's day, To change in scenes, and show it in a play. That which the penetrating sagacity and sincere piety of Andrew Marvell apprehended as an evil which...

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