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Page 50
... folly , lay the excellency of that inimitable writer ; 62 who , when at any time he aimed at wit in the stricter sense , that is , sharpness of conceit , was forced either to borrow from the ancients , . . . or , when he trusted himself ...
... folly , lay the excellency of that inimitable writer ; 62 who , when at any time he aimed at wit in the stricter sense , that is , sharpness of conceit , was forced either to borrow from the ancients , . . . or , when he trusted himself ...
Page 60
... folly can be a humor , 29 praising Jonson above any writer of the Restoration , and insinuating that he , Shad- well , could write as good a play as Aureng - Zebe if he only had a pension . The prologue contains an offensive reference ...
... folly can be a humor , 29 praising Jonson above any writer of the Restoration , and insinuating that he , Shad- well , could write as good a play as Aureng - Zebe if he only had a pension . The prologue contains an offensive reference ...
Page 137
... folly is a universal , enduring condition of human life . Relatively we sense a certain remoteness in Dryden's satire . There is never too much of his personality in his satire , as there is with Pope and Swift . But by com- parison ...
... folly is a universal , enduring condition of human life . Relatively we sense a certain remoteness in Dryden's satire . There is never too much of his personality in his satire , as there is with Pope and Swift . But by com- parison ...
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