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by 李瑋 (西洋文學) - 2005 - 316 pages
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. Printed from ...

John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...often in the right pl:u e. This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in those two celebrated lines, Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...often in the right place. This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in those two celebrated lines : Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed...
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The British Essayists;: Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 302 pages
...often in the right place. This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in these two celebrated lines : Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volume 5

John Dryden - 1808 - 436 pages
...fray. Let those find fault whose wit's so very small, They've need to show that they can think at all ; Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must'dive below. Fops may hare leave to level all they can ; As pigmies would be glad to lop a man....
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The modern British drama, Volume 1

British drama - 1811 - 712 pages
...party-fray. Let those find fault whose wit s so very small, They've need to show that they can think at all: Errors like straws upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below Fops may have leave to level all they can, As pigmies would be glad to lop a man. Half wits are fleas...
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The Modern British Drama: In Five Volumes, Volume 1

1811 - 718 pages
...party-fray. Let those find fault whose wit s so very small, They've need to show that they can think at all: rpose, Which my soul ever framed, or my hand acted, But I could well have bid the world lo , Fops »my have leave to level all they can, As pigmies would be glad to lop a man. Half wits are...
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The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical ...

1819 - 308 pages
...often in the right place. This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in these two celebrated lines : Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 7-8

British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...often in the right place. This Mr. Dryden has very agreeably remarked in these two celebrated lines : Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellences than imperfections, to discover the concealed...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

James Ferguson - 1823 - 354 pages
...often in the right place. This Mr. Drjden has very agreeably remarked in these two celebrated lines : Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed...
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A Critical Dissertation on the Nature and Principles of Taste

Martin M'Dermot, Martin MacDermot - 1823 - 438 pages
...the dignity of true criticism, to catch at these minor faults ; for, as Dryden happily expresses it, Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls must dive below. It cannot, however, be inferred from these blemishes, that the passages in which they are found are...
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