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Page ix
... follow the common old stories , or vulgar traditions , of that kind of people . In tragedy , nothing was fo fure to surprise and b 2 caufe caufe admiration , as the moft ftrange , unexpected , MR . POPE'S PREFACE . ! IX.
... follow the common old stories , or vulgar traditions , of that kind of people . In tragedy , nothing was fo fure to surprise and b 2 caufe caufe admiration , as the moft ftrange , unexpected , MR . POPE'S PREFACE . ! IX.
Page x
... fure to please , as mean buffoonery , vile ribaldry , and unmannerly jefts of fools and clowns . Yet even in thefe , our author's wit buoys up , and is born above his subject : his genius in those low parts is like fome prince of a ...
... fure to please , as mean buffoonery , vile ribaldry , and unmannerly jefts of fools and clowns . Yet even in thefe , our author's wit buoys up , and is born above his subject : his genius in those low parts is like fome prince of a ...
Page xiv
... fure , they have as much reason to be afraid of admiration . They are the Scylla and Charybdis of authors ; those who escape one often fall by the other . Peffimum genus inimicorum laudantes , says Tacitus : and Virgil defires to wear a ...
... fure , they have as much reason to be afraid of admiration . They are the Scylla and Charybdis of authors ; those who escape one often fall by the other . Peffimum genus inimicorum laudantes , says Tacitus : and Virgil defires to wear a ...
Page 18
... fure , to - night thou shalt have cramps , Side - stitches that shall pen thy breath up ; urchins Shall , for that vaft of night that they may work , All exercise on thee : thou shalt be pinch'd As thick as honey - combs , each pinch ...
... fure , to - night thou shalt have cramps , Side - stitches that shall pen thy breath up ; urchins Shall , for that vaft of night that they may work , All exercise on thee : thou shalt be pinch'd As thick as honey - combs , each pinch ...
Page 20
... fure , it waits upon Some god o ' th ' island . Sitting on a bank , Weeping against the king my father's wreck , This mufick crept by me upon the waters , Allaying both their fury , and my paffion , With it's fweet air : thence I have ...
... fure , it waits upon Some god o ' th ' island . Sitting on a bank , Weeping against the king my father's wreck , This mufick crept by me upon the waters , Allaying both their fury , and my paffion , With it's fweet air : thence I have ...
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