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... equal injustice represented him as one of the wildest violators of every rule of metre , and as a mere rhythmical rhapsodist . Congreve , as we observed , sufficiently pointed out this ignorance in the modern composers of Pindarics ...
... equal injustice represented him as one of the wildest violators of every rule of metre , and as a mere rhythmical rhapsodist . Congreve , as we observed , sufficiently pointed out this ignorance in the modern composers of Pindarics ...
Page 181
... equal to the other . True , as far as the matter regards ourselves : but are any of us cunning enough to persuade a foreigner that the note and a shilling are of equal value with the guinea ? No , says Sir Philip , if the foreigner has ...
... equal to the other . True , as far as the matter regards ourselves : but are any of us cunning enough to persuade a foreigner that the note and a shilling are of equal value with the guinea ? No , says Sir Philip , if the foreigner has ...
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... equal his original , is incapable of expressing its beauties . " ( Laing's Dissert . viii . 2. ) From this remarkable passage , Mr. Laing inferred that Macpherson was conscious of his own ability to compose a poem equal to his ...
... equal his original , is incapable of expressing its beauties . " ( Laing's Dissert . viii . 2. ) From this remarkable passage , Mr. Laing inferred that Macpherson was conscious of his own ability to compose a poem equal to his ...
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