Essays of John Dryden, Band 2Clarendon Press, 1900 |
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... Roman wits ; though some of them are 10 more lofty , some more instructive , and others more correct . He had learning enough to make him equal to the best ; but , as his verse came easily , he wanted the toil of application to amend it ...
... Roman wits ; though some of them are 10 more lofty , some more instructive , and others more correct . He had learning enough to make him equal to the best ; but , as his verse came easily , he wanted the toil of application to amend it ...
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... Roman . 5 There is more of salt in all your verses , than I have seen in any of the Moderns , or even of the Ancients ; but you have been sparing of the gall , by which means you have pleased all readers , and offended none Donne alone ...
... Roman . 5 There is more of salt in all your verses , than I have seen in any of the Moderns , or even of the Ancients ; but you have been sparing of the gall , by which means you have pleased all readers , and offended none Donne alone ...
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... Roman majesty , and length of time had not added a reverence to the works of Horace . For good sense is the same in all or most 10 ages ; and course of time rather improves Nature , than impairs her . What has been , may be again ...
... Roman majesty , and length of time had not added a reverence to the works of Horace . For good sense is the same in all or most 10 ages ; and course of time rather improves Nature , than impairs her . What has been , may be again ...
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... Roman . Their gods did not only interest themselves in the event of wars , ( which is the effect of a superior providence , ) but also espoused the several parties in a visible corporeal descent , managed their 10 intrigues , and fought ...
... Roman . Their gods did not only interest themselves in the event of wars , ( which is the effect of a superior providence , ) but also espoused the several parties in a visible corporeal descent , managed their 10 intrigues , and fought ...
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... Romans , and that of the Grecians , had ( the same beginning , ( at feasts and thanksgiving , as it 5 has been ... Roman Satire to proceed , I am to take a view of them first , and to see if there be any such descent from them as ...
... Romans , and that of the Grecians , had ( the same beginning , ( at feasts and thanksgiving , as it 5 has been ... Roman Satire to proceed , I am to take a view of them first , and to see if there be any such descent from them as ...
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