The Works of the English Poets, Volume 33W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 360 pages |
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Page 9
... name to recommend any Miscellanies , or Works of other men ; a thing I never thought becoming a perfon who has hardly credit enough to answer for his own . In In this office of collecting my pieces , I am PREFACE . 9.
... name to recommend any Miscellanies , or Works of other men ; a thing I never thought becoming a perfon who has hardly credit enough to answer for his own . In In this office of collecting my pieces , I am PREFACE . 9.
Page 10
... never made his talents fubfervient to the mean and unworthy ends of Party or felf - interest : the grati- fication ... never fails to be in Executions ) a cafe of com- paffion . That I was never fo concerned about my works as to ...
... never made his talents fubfervient to the mean and unworthy ends of Party or felf - interest : the grati- fication ... never fails to be in Executions ) a cafe of com- paffion . That I was never fo concerned about my works as to ...
Page 11
... never be defended . That I ufed no arti- fice to raise or continue a reputation , depreciated no dead author I was obliged to , bribed no living one with unjuft praife , infulted no adverfary with ill - language ; or when I could not ...
... never be defended . That I ufed no arti- fice to raise or continue a reputation , depreciated no dead author I was obliged to , bribed no living one with unjuft praife , infulted no adverfary with ill - language ; or when I could not ...
Page 16
... enumeration of feveral niceties in Verfification , which perhaps have never been ftrictly obferved in any English poem , except in these Paf- torals . They were not printed till 1709 . A DISCOURSE ON PASTORAL POETRY * . T HERE are.
... enumeration of feveral niceties in Verfification , which perhaps have never been ftrictly obferved in any English poem , except in these Paf- torals . They were not printed till 1709 . A DISCOURSE ON PASTORAL POETRY * . T HERE are.
Page 43
... never end . NOTE . Ver . 89 , & c . ] These four laft lines allude to the feveral fubjects of the four Paftorals , and to the several fcenes of them particularized before in each . MESSIAH . A SACRED ECLOGU E. IN IMITATION OF VIRGIL's ...
... never end . NOTE . Ver . 89 , & c . ] These four laft lines allude to the feveral fubjects of the four Paftorals , and to the several fcenes of them particularized before in each . MESSIAH . A SACRED ECLOGU E. IN IMITATION OF VIRGIL's ...
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