Theatrum Poetarum Anglicanorum: Containing Brief Characters of the English Poets, Down to the Year 1675 |
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... merit : and they think , that they who admire them , are only in- fluenced by affectation and prejudice . Perhaps the very name of Milton's nephew may induce some to pay a respect to that , which from a modern hand they would deem ...
... merit : and they think , that they who admire them , are only in- fluenced by affectation and prejudice . Perhaps the very name of Milton's nephew may induce some to pay a respect to that , which from a modern hand they would deem ...
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... merit of his outline , and the general weight of his matter ; but in the felicity of particular passages ; in the choice of circum- stances ; and the vivacity and tone of expression which pervade his poems , that he excells . And this ...
... merit of his outline , and the general weight of his matter ; but in the felicity of particular passages ; in the choice of circum- stances ; and the vivacity and tone of expression which pervade his poems , that he excells . And this ...
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... merits from which the attention of the duly qualified reader ought not to be drawn . SHAKESPEARE was neither ... merit of King James's reign with- out resorting to SHAKESPEARE . BEN JONSON was a man of much more common endowment ...
... merits from which the attention of the duly qualified reader ought not to be drawn . SHAKESPEARE was neither ... merit of King James's reign with- out resorting to SHAKESPEARE . BEN JONSON was a man of much more common endowment ...
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... merit are before the world if false , they will refute themselves if true a reference ought to be made to them ; but with candour , and every kind allowance . The difficulty of an ordeal which so few can stand , ought always to be kept ...
... merit are before the world if false , they will refute themselves if true a reference ought to be made to them ; but with candour , and every kind allowance . The difficulty of an ordeal which so few can stand , ought always to be kept ...
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... merit ; but at best capriciously , and often in proportion to demerit . Still reason , and the lessons of literary history , cannot suppress this passion . How beautifully is this touched in the never- tiring , though ever - cited ...
... merit ; but at best capriciously , and often in proportion to demerit . Still reason , and the lessons of literary history , cannot suppress this passion . How beautifully is this touched in the never- tiring , though ever - cited ...
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