The Works of the English Poets, Volume 33W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 360 pages |
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... last delightful . If we would copy Nature , it may be useful to take this idea along with us , that Pastoral is an image of what they call the Golden Age . So that we are not to defcribe our thepherds as fhepherds at this day really are ...
... last delightful . If we would copy Nature , it may be useful to take this idea along with us , that Pastoral is an image of what they call the Golden Age . So that we are not to defcribe our thepherds as fhepherds at this day really are ...
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... last of his language . Among the moderns , their fuccefs has been greatest who have moft endeavoured to make these ancients their pattern . The most confiderable Genius appears in the famous Taffo , and our Spenfer . Taffo in his Aminta ...
... last of his language . Among the moderns , their fuccefs has been greatest who have moft endeavoured to make these ancients their pattern . The most confiderable Genius appears in the famous Taffo , and our Spenfer . Taffo in his Aminta ...
Page 68
... last numbers flow'd from Cowley's tongue . O early loft ! what tears the river shed , When the fad pomp along his banks was led ! His drooping fwans on every note expire , And on his willows hung each Mufe's lyre . Since fate relentless ...
... last numbers flow'd from Cowley's tongue . O early loft ! what tears the river shed , When the fad pomp along his banks was led ! His drooping fwans on every note expire , And on his willows hung each Mufe's lyre . Since fate relentless ...
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... last . 35 Some VARIATIONS . Between ver . 25 and 26 were these lines , fince omit- ted by the Author : Many are spoil'd by that pedantic throng , Who with great pains teach youth to reason wrong . Tutors , like Virtuofos , oft inclin'd ...
... last . 35 Some VARIATIONS . Between ver . 25 and 26 were these lines , fince omit- ted by the Author : Many are spoil'd by that pedantic throng , Who with great pains teach youth to reason wrong . Tutors , like Virtuofos , oft inclin'd ...
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... last : But , those attain'd , we tremble to furvey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way , Th ' increasing profpect tires our wandering eyes , Hills peep o'er hills , and Alps on Alps arise ! 230 A perfect judge will read each work ...
... last : But , those attain'd , we tremble to furvey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way , Th ' increasing profpect tires our wandering eyes , Hills peep o'er hills , and Alps on Alps arise ! 230 A perfect judge will read each work ...
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