The Works of the English Poets, Volume 19J. Rivington, 1779 - 366 pages |
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Page 101
... Noble Order of the Garter , & c . MY LORD , TH ap- HE wishes and defires of all good men , which have attended your Lordship from your first pearance in the world , are at length accomplished , in your obtaining those honours and ...
... Noble Order of the Garter , & c . MY LORD , TH ap- HE wishes and defires of all good men , which have attended your Lordship from your first pearance in the world , are at length accomplished , in your obtaining those honours and ...
Page 109
... noble characters of men of wit and pleasure about the town . The like confidera- tions have hindered me from dealing with the lament- able companions of their profe and doggrel ; I am fo far from defending my Poetry against them , that ...
... noble characters of men of wit and pleasure about the town . The like confidera- tions have hindered me from dealing with the lament- able companions of their profe and doggrel ; I am fo far from defending my Poetry against them , that ...
Page 114
... noble , whofe thoughts are juft , whofe language is pure , whofe fatyr is pointed , and whofe fenfe is clofe : what he borrows from the ancients , he repays with ufury of his own , in coin as good , and almoft as univerfally valuable ...
... noble , whofe thoughts are juft , whofe language is pure , whofe fatyr is pointed , and whofe fenfe is clofe : what he borrows from the ancients , he repays with ufury of his own , in coin as good , and almoft as univerfally valuable ...
Page 134
... noble . Though Homer has limited his place to Troy and the fields about it ; his action to forty - eight natural days , whereof twelve are holidays , or ceffation from business , during the funerals of Patroclus . To proceed , the ...
... noble . Though Homer has limited his place to Troy and the fields about it ; his action to forty - eight natural days , whereof twelve are holidays , or ceffation from business , during the funerals of Patroclus . To proceed , the ...
Page 146
... noble work of fatires , which were properly fo called . K Thus , my Lord , I have at length difengaged my- felf from those antiquities of Greece ; and have proved , I hope , from the beft Critics , that the Roman fatire was not borrowed ...
... noble work of fatires , which were properly fo called . K Thus , my Lord , I have at length difengaged my- felf from those antiquities of Greece ; and have proved , I hope , from the beft Critics , that the Roman fatire was not borrowed ...
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