Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Volumes 1-2C. Stower, 1807 |
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Page 2
... writing would have succeeded . With these advantages it was reasonable to con- clude , that unnatural events , the machina- tions of imaginary beings , and adventures entertaining only as they were improbable , would have given place to ...
... writing would have succeeded . With these advantages it was reasonable to con- clude , that unnatural events , the machina- tions of imaginary beings , and adventures entertaining only as they were improbable , would have given place to ...
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... written in professed imitation of the Iliad . But this attempt met with little regard or applause for the reason on which its real merit was founded . rejected as an insipid and uninteresting per- formance , having few devils or ...
... written in professed imitation of the Iliad . But this attempt met with little regard or applause for the reason on which its real merit was founded . rejected as an insipid and uninteresting per- formance , having few devils or ...
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... written twelve different books , in each of which he might have com- pleted the pattern of a particular virtue in twelve Knights respectively : at present he has remarkably failed , in endeavouring to re- present all the virtues ...
... written twelve different books , in each of which he might have com- pleted the pattern of a particular virtue in twelve Knights respectively : at present he has remarkably failed , in endeavouring to re- present all the virtues ...
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... writing by rule , are apt to try every composition by those laws which we have been taught to think the sole criterion of ex- cellence . Critical taste is universally diffused , and we require the same order and design which every ...
... writing by rule , are apt to try every composition by those laws which we have been taught to think the sole criterion of ex- cellence . Critical taste is universally diffused , and we require the same order and design which every ...
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... written of Sir Launcelot , that he wore the sleeve of the faire maid of Asteloth in a tournay : whereat Queen Genever was much dis- pleased . " - This is the passage- " When Queen Genever wist that Sir Launcelot beare * Orig . and Gest ...
... written of Sir Launcelot , that he wore the sleeve of the faire maid of Asteloth in a tournay : whereat Queen Genever was much dis- pleased . " - This is the passage- " When Queen Genever wist that Sir Launcelot beare * Orig . and Gest ...
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