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Page iii
... we shou'd be surpriz'd if we had not wept , and wept at that very moment . How aftonishing is it again , that the paf- sions directly opposite to these , Laughter A 4 and and Spleen , are no less at his command ! The PREFACE .
... we shou'd be surpriz'd if we had not wept , and wept at that very moment . How aftonishing is it again , that the paf- sions directly opposite to these , Laughter A 4 and and Spleen , are no less at his command ! The PREFACE .
Page iv
... these great excellencies , he has almost as great defects ; and that as he has certainly writ- ten better , fo he has perhaps written worse , than any other . But I think I can in fome measure account for these defects , from fe- ! ر f ...
... these great excellencies , he has almost as great defects ; and that as he has certainly writ- ten better , fo he has perhaps written worse , than any other . But I think I can in fome measure account for these defects , from fe- ! ر f ...
Page v
... these Con- tingencies should unite to his disadvantage , seems to me almost as fingularly unlucky , as that so many various ( nay contrary ) Ta- lents should meet in one man , was happy and extraordinary . It must be allowed that Stage ...
... these Con- tingencies should unite to his disadvantage , seems to me almost as fingularly unlucky , as that so many various ( nay contrary ) Ta- lents should meet in one man , was happy and extraordinary . It must be allowed that Stage ...
Page vi
... these , our Author's Wit buoys up , and is born above his fubject : his Genius in those low parts is like fome Prince of a Romance in the disguise of a Shepherd or Peasant ; a certain Greatness and Spirit now and then break out , which ...
... these , our Author's Wit buoys up , and is born above his fubject : his Genius in those low parts is like fome Prince of a Romance in the disguise of a Shepherd or Peasant ; a certain Greatness and Spirit now and then break out , which ...
Page ix
... these are not to be afcrib'd to the foresaid acci dental reasons , they must be charg'd upon the Poet himself , and there is no help for it . But I think the two Disadvantages which I have mentioned ( to be obliged to please the lowest ...
... these are not to be afcrib'd to the foresaid acci dental reasons , they must be charg'd upon the Poet himself , and there is no help for it . But I think the two Disadvantages which I have mentioned ( to be obliged to please the lowest ...
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