The Works of the English Poets, Volume 33W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 360 pages |
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... seem , As he that met his likeness in the ftream : The GRACES thefe ; and fee how they contend , Who most shall praise , who best shall recommend . 15 20 25 The 1 The Chariot now the painful steep ascends , The Peans [ xxii ]
... seem , As he that met his likeness in the ftream : The GRACES thefe ; and fee how they contend , Who most shall praise , who best shall recommend . 15 20 25 The 1 The Chariot now the painful steep ascends , The Peans [ xxii ]
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... seem refolved not to own themselves in any error ? For as long as one fide will make no allowances , the other will be brought to no acknowledgments * . : I am * In the former editions it was thus " For as long " as one fide defpifes a ...
... seem refolved not to own themselves in any error ? For as long as one fide will make no allowances , the other will be brought to no acknowledgments * . : I am * In the former editions it was thus " For as long " as one fide defpifes a ...
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... seems neceffary to give fome ac- count of this kind of Poem , and it is my defign to com- prize in this fhort paper ... seem to differ , and a few remarks , which , I think , have escap- ed their obfervation . The original of Poetry is ...
... seems neceffary to give fome ac- count of this kind of Poem , and it is my defign to com- prize in this fhort paper ... seem to differ , and a few remarks , which , I think , have escap- ed their obfervation . The original of Poetry is ...
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... seems a little defective , for his fwains are fometimes abusive and immodeft , and perhaps too much inclining to rufticity ; for inftance , in his fourth and fifth Idyllia . But it is enough that all others learned their excellence from ...
... seems a little defective , for his fwains are fometimes abusive and immodeft , and perhaps too much inclining to rufticity ; for inftance , in his fourth and fifth Idyllia . But it is enough that all others learned their excellence from ...
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... seems to charm no more . STREPHON . In fpring the fields , in autumn hills I love , At morn the plains , at noon the fhady grove , But Delia always ; abfent from her fight , Nor plains at morn , nor groves at noon delight . DAPHNIS ...
... seems to charm no more . STREPHON . In fpring the fields , in autumn hills I love , At morn the plains , at noon the fhady grove , But Delia always ; abfent from her fight , Nor plains at morn , nor groves at noon delight . DAPHNIS ...
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