The Works of the English Poets, Volume 33W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 360 pages |
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Page i
... best Artists in Paper , Printing , and Sculpture could bestow upon it . If the Public hath waited longer than the deference due to it fhould have fuffered , it was owing to a rea- fon which the Editor need not make a fecret . It was his ...
... best Artists in Paper , Printing , and Sculpture could bestow upon it . If the Public hath waited longer than the deference due to it fhould have fuffered , it was owing to a rea- fon which the Editor need not make a fecret . It was his ...
Page ii
... best advantage before the publication of this Edition ( which hath been long prepared ) fhould put a ftop to the fale . But it may be proper to be a little more particular concerning the fuperiority of this edition above all the ...
... best advantage before the publication of this Edition ( which hath been long prepared ) fhould put a ftop to the fale . But it may be proper to be a little more particular concerning the fuperiority of this edition above all the ...
Page xii
... best to dwell Amidst the rural joys , you fing fo well . I in a cold , and in a barren clime , Cold as my thought , and barren as my rhyme , Here on the Western beach attempt to chime . O joyless flood ! O rough tempestuous main ...
... best to dwell Amidst the rural joys , you fing fo well . I in a cold , and in a barren clime , Cold as my thought , and barren as my rhyme , Here on the Western beach attempt to chime . O joyless flood ! O rough tempestuous main ...
Page xxii
... 'd 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 ]
... 'd 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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... best and most knowing , he is as fure of being envied by the worst and most ignorant , which are the majority ; for it is with a fine Genius , as with a fine fashion , all those are displeased at it who are not able to follow it and it ...
... best and most knowing , he is as fure of being envied by the worst and most ignorant , which are the majority ; for it is with a fine Genius , as with a fine fashion , all those are displeased at it who are not able to follow it and it ...
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