The Works of the English Poets, Volume 46R. Hett, 1779 - 376 pages |
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... Should now to every idol bafely bow , And curfe the deity fhe once ador'd , Erecting trophies to each fordid vice , And celebrating the infernal praise Of haughty Lucifer , the defperate foe Of God and man , and winning every hour New ...
... Should now to every idol bafely bow , And curfe the deity fhe once ador'd , Erecting trophies to each fordid vice , And celebrating the infernal praise Of haughty Lucifer , the defperate foe Of God and man , and winning every hour New ...
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... Should an expiring faint , whofe fwimming eyes . Mingle the images of things about him , But hear the leaft exalted of thy ftrains , How greedily he ' d drink the mufic in , Thinking his heavenly convoy waited near ! So great a stress ...
... Should an expiring faint , whofe fwimming eyes . Mingle the images of things about him , But hear the leaft exalted of thy ftrains , How greedily he ' d drink the mufic in , Thinking his heavenly convoy waited near ! So great a stress ...
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... should be enflaved to vice and profaneness ; that an art , infpired from heaven , fhould have fo far loft the me- mory of its birth - place , as to be engaged in the interests of hell . How unhappily is it perverted from its most ...
... should be enflaved to vice and profaneness ; that an art , infpired from heaven , fhould have fo far loft the me- mory of its birth - place , as to be engaged in the interests of hell . How unhappily is it perverted from its most ...
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... should always borrow the plan or hiftory from the ancient Jews , or primitive martyrs though several of these would furnish out noble mate- rials for this fort of poefy : but modern scenes would be better understood by moft readers ...
... should always borrow the plan or hiftory from the ancient Jews , or primitive martyrs though several of these would furnish out noble mate- rials for this fort of poefy : but modern scenes would be better understood by moft readers ...
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... should be a genius of no vulgar mould : And as the name Vates belongs to both ; fo the furni- ture of both is comprised in that line of Horace , Cui mens divinior , atque os " Magna fonaturum But what Juvenal fpake in his age , abides ...
... should be a genius of no vulgar mould : And as the name Vates belongs to both ; fo the furni- ture of both is comprised in that line of Horace , Cui mens divinior , atque os " Magna fonaturum But what Juvenal fpake in his age , abides ...
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