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... poet complacently , " that poem , Cradock , cannot be amended , " and undoubtedly it has been skilfully wrought . But it is impossible to look upon it now with the unpurged eyes of those upon whom the Reliques of Ancient Poetry had but ...
... poet complacently , " that poem , Cradock , cannot be amended , " and undoubtedly it has been skilfully wrought . But it is impossible to look upon it now with the unpurged eyes of those upon whom the Reliques of Ancient Poetry had but ...
Page 308
... poet excels himself , as there is nothing in all Shenstone which anyway approaches it in merit ; and , though I dislike the imitations of our old English poets in general , yet , on this minute subject , the antiquity of the style ...
... poet excels himself , as there is nothing in all Shenstone which anyway approaches it in merit ; and , though I dislike the imitations of our old English poets in general , yet , on this minute subject , the antiquity of the style ...
Page 311
... poet , has told this story with unusual simplicity : it is rather given here for being much esteemed by the public , than by the editor . THE BASTARD . — Almost all things written from the heart , as this certainly was , have some merit ...
... poet , has told this story with unusual simplicity : it is rather given here for being much esteemed by the public , than by the editor . THE BASTARD . — Almost all things written from the heart , as this certainly was , have some merit ...
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THE DESERTED VILLAGE | 16 |
Part of a Prologue written and spoken by the Poet Laberius | 53 |
On Seeing Mrs perform in the Character of | 59 |
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