The Works of the English Poets, Volume 46R. Hett, 1779 - 376 pages |
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... some paragraphs , much in- ferior to these . Now , while they paint human nature in its various forms and circumftances , if their defigning be fo just and noble , their difpofition fo artful , and their colour- ing fo bright , beyond ...
... some paragraphs , much in- ferior to these . Now , while they paint human nature in its various forms and circumftances , if their defigning be fo just and noble , their difpofition fo artful , and their colour- ing fo bright , beyond ...
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... Some of the fhorter odes of the two poets now mentioned , and a few of the Rev. Mr. Norris's Effays in verfe , are convincing inftances of the fuccefs of this propofal . It is my opinion alfo , that the free and unconfined numbers of ...
... Some of the fhorter odes of the two poets now mentioned , and a few of the Rev. Mr. Norris's Effays in verfe , are convincing inftances of the fuccefs of this propofal . It is my opinion alfo , that the free and unconfined numbers of ...
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... Some are more easily fufceptive of religion in a grave difcourfe and fedate reafoning . Some are best frighted from fin and ruin by terror , threatening , and amazement ; their fear is the propereft paffion to which we can addrefs ...
... Some are more easily fufceptive of religion in a grave difcourfe and fedate reafoning . Some are best frighted from fin and ruin by terror , threatening , and amazement ; their fear is the propereft paffion to which we can addrefs ...
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... Some expreffions are there used with a defign to give a mortifying influence to our foftest af- fections ; others again brighten the character of that state , and allure virtuous fouls to pursue the divine ad- vantage of it , the mutual ...
... Some expreffions are there used with a defign to give a mortifying influence to our foftest af- fections ; others again brighten the character of that state , and allure virtuous fouls to pursue the divine ad- vantage of it , the mutual ...
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... Some of his numbers feem too harsh and uneafy . I could never believe that roughnefs and obfcurity added any thing to the true grandeur of a Poem : nor will I ever affect archaisms , exoticisms , and a quaint uncouthness of speech , in ...
... Some of his numbers feem too harsh and uneafy . I could never believe that roughnefs and obfcurity added any thing to the true grandeur of a Poem : nor will I ever affect archaisms , exoticisms , and a quaint uncouthness of speech , in ...
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