The Works of the English Poets, Volume 33W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 360 pages |
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Page ii
... hand , he delivered to the Editor a little before his death . The Juvenile Tranflations , in the other part of the second Volume , it was never his intention to bring into this Edition of his Works , on account of the levity of fome ...
... hand , he delivered to the Editor a little before his death . The Juvenile Tranflations , in the other part of the second Volume , it was never his intention to bring into this Edition of his Works , on account of the levity of fome ...
Page xii
... hand might draw the grove ; but you Can paint the grove , and add the Music too . With vast variety thy pages shine ; A new creation starts in every line . How fudden trees rife to the reader's fight , 30 35 } 40 And make a doubtful ...
... hand might draw the grove ; but you Can paint the grove , and add the Music too . With vast variety thy pages shine ; A new creation starts in every line . How fudden trees rife to the reader's fight , 30 35 } 40 And make a doubtful ...
Page xvi
... hand Before your numbers eminently stand ; In you no vanity could thence be shown , Unless , since short in beauty of your own , ' Some envious fcribbler might in fpight declare , That for comparison you plac'd them there . But Envy ...
... hand Before your numbers eminently stand ; In you no vanity could thence be shown , Unless , since short in beauty of your own , ' Some envious fcribbler might in fpight declare , That for comparison you plac'd them there . But Envy ...
Page xviii
... hand ; His vigour , genuine heat , and manly force , In thee rife worthy of their facred fource ; His fpirit heighten'd , yet his sense intire , As Gold runs purer from the trying fire . O , for a Mufe like thine , while I rehearse , Th ...
... hand ; His vigour , genuine heat , and manly force , In thee rife worthy of their facred fource ; His fpirit heighten'd , yet his sense intire , As Gold runs purer from the trying fire . O , for a Mufe like thine , while I rehearse , Th ...
Page xix
... hand , Can cities , ftreams , tall towers , and far - stretch'd plains , command ; Here spreading woods embrown the beauteous scene , There the wide landscape fmiles with livelier green , The floating glafs reflects the diftant sky ...
... hand , Can cities , ftreams , tall towers , and far - stretch'd plains , command ; Here spreading woods embrown the beauteous scene , There the wide landscape fmiles with livelier green , The floating glafs reflects the diftant sky ...
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