The Works of the English Poets, Volume 33W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 360 pages |
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... imitate thy ftream , The world fhould tremble at her awful name : From various fprings divided waters glide , In different colours roll a different tide , Murmur along their crooked banks a while , At once they murmur , and enrich the ...
... imitate thy ftream , The world fhould tremble at her awful name : From various fprings divided waters glide , In different colours roll a different tide , Murmur along their crooked banks a while , At once they murmur , and enrich the ...
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... imitation of the Ancients ; and it will be found true , that , in every age , the highest character for sense and learning has been obtained by thofe who have been moft indebted to them . For , to fay truth , what- ever is very good ...
... imitation of the Ancients ; and it will be found true , that , in every age , the highest character for sense and learning has been obtained by thofe who have been moft indebted to them . For , to fay truth , what- ever is very good ...
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... imitation of the action of a fhep- herd , or one confidered under that character . The form of this imitation is dramatic , or narrative , or mixed of both * ; the fable fimple , the manners not too polite nor too ruftic : the thoughts ...
... imitation of the action of a fhep- herd , or one confidered under that character . The form of this imitation is dramatic , or narrative , or mixed of both * ; the fable fimple , the manners not too polite nor too ruftic : the thoughts ...
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... have any merit , it is to be attributed to fome good old Authors , whofe works as I had leifure to ftudy , fo , I hope , I have not wanted care to imitate . C 4 SPRING . } SPRING . THE FIRST PASTORAL , OR D A ON PASTORAL POETRY . 23.
... have any merit , it is to be attributed to fome good old Authors , whofe works as I had leifure to ftudy , fo , I hope , I have not wanted care to imitate . C 4 SPRING . } SPRING . THE FIRST PASTORAL , OR D A ON PASTORAL POETRY . 23.
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... imitate her lays , 55 Or , hush'd with wonder , hearken from the sprays : No more the streams their murmurs shall forbear , A fweeter mufic than their own to hear ; But tell the reeds , and tell the vocal fhore , Fair Daphne's dead ...
... imitate her lays , 55 Or , hush'd with wonder , hearken from the sprays : No more the streams their murmurs shall forbear , A fweeter mufic than their own to hear ; But tell the reeds , and tell the vocal fhore , Fair Daphne's dead ...
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