The Works of the English Poets, Volume 20J. Nichols, 1779 - 432 pages |
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Page 13
... venture to commend What Dennis can't condemn , nor Dryden mend : What must , writ with that fire and with that ease , The beaux , the ladies , and the critics , please . C. BOYLE . TO то MY FRIEND THE AUTHOR , As DESIRING MY OPINION [ 13 ]
... venture to commend What Dennis can't condemn , nor Dryden mend : What must , writ with that fire and with that ease , The beaux , the ladies , and the critics , please . C. BOYLE . TO то MY FRIEND THE AUTHOR , As DESIRING MY OPINION [ 13 ]
Page 14
... fire is past , Muft judge by rules what they want force to taste . I would a poet , like a miftress , try , Not by ... fires my foul the warms , With balm upon her lips , and raptures in her arms . Such is thy genius , and fuch art is ...
... fire is past , Muft judge by rules what they want force to taste . I would a poet , like a miftress , try , Not by ... fires my foul the warms , With balm upon her lips , and raptures in her arms . Such is thy genius , and fuch art is ...
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... fire : * Which its diffusive virtue does dispense , In flowing verfe , and elevated fense . The town , which long has fwallow'd foolish verfe , Which poetafters every where rehearse , Will mend their judgement now , refine their tafte ...
... fire : * Which its diffusive virtue does dispense , In flowing verfe , and elevated fense . The town , which long has fwallow'd foolish verfe , Which poetafters every where rehearse , Will mend their judgement now , refine their tafte ...
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... fire ; Why Scarfdale rages to furvive defire ; When Milo's vigour at th ' Olympick ' s shown , Whence tropes to Finch , or impudence to Sloane ; How matter , by the vary'd shape of pores , Or idiots frames , or folemn fenators . 50 55 ...
... fire ; Why Scarfdale rages to furvive defire ; When Milo's vigour at th ' Olympick ' s shown , Whence tropes to Finch , or impudence to Sloane ; How matter , by the vary'd shape of pores , Or idiots frames , or folemn fenators . 50 55 ...
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... fire Infpires the generous breast of Devonshire . And Macclesfield is active to defend His country with the zeal he loves his friend . Like Leda's radiant fons divinely clear , Portland and Jerfey deck'd in rays appear , To gild by ...
... fire Infpires the generous breast of Devonshire . And Macclesfield is active to defend His country with the zeal he loves his friend . Like Leda's radiant fons divinely clear , Portland and Jerfey deck'd in rays appear , To gild by ...
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