The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1J. Buckland, 1790 |
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... Poetry having given the Proprietors an opportunity of adding the Works of fome Authors for- merly omitted , and fupplying fome de- ficiences which have been pointed out ; they have availed themselves of the hints and recommendations of ...
... Poetry having given the Proprietors an opportunity of adding the Works of fome Authors for- merly omitted , and fupplying fome de- ficiences which have been pointed out ; they have availed themselves of the hints and recommendations of ...
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... Poet an Advertisement , like those which are found in the French Mifcellanies , con- taining a few dates , and a general charac- That he was led beyond his inten- tion , will be always a fubject of congratula ter . 5 tion tion to every ...
... Poet an Advertisement , like those which are found in the French Mifcellanies , con- taining a few dates , and a general charac- That he was led beyond his inten- tion , will be always a fubject of congratula ter . 5 tion tion to every ...
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... Poetry , I was perfuaded to promise them a Preface to the Works of each Author ; an undertaking , as it was then prefented to my mind , not very ex tenfive or difficult . My purpose was only to have allotted to every Poet an ...
... Poetry , I was perfuaded to promise them a Preface to the Works of each Author ; an undertaking , as it was then prefented to my mind , not very ex tenfive or difficult . My purpose was only to have allotted to every Poet an ...
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... poet . Such are the accidents , which , fome- times remembered , and perhaps fometimes for- gotten , produce that particular defignation of mind , and propensity for fome certain fcience or employment , which is commonly called Genius ...
... poet . Such are the accidents , which , fome- times remembered , and perhaps fometimes for- gotten , produce that particular defignation of mind , and propensity for fome certain fcience or employment , which is commonly called Genius ...
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... poets are " fcarce thought freemen of their company . without paying fome duties , or obliging " themselves to be true to Love . " This obligation to amorous ditties owes , I believe , its original to the fame of Petrarch , who , in an ...
... poets are " fcarce thought freemen of their company . without paying fome duties , or obliging " themselves to be true to Love . " This obligation to amorous ditties owes , I believe , its original to the fame of Petrarch , who , in an ...
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