The Works of the English Poets, Volume 33W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 360 pages |
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Page xvii
... thought . 10 In each bright page , Strength , Beauty , Genius shine , While nervous Judgment guides each flowing Line . 15 No borrow'd Tinfel glitters o'er these Lays , And to the Mind a falfe Delight conveys : Throughout the whole with ...
... thought . 10 In each bright page , Strength , Beauty , Genius shine , While nervous Judgment guides each flowing Line . 15 No borrow'd Tinfel glitters o'er these Lays , And to the Mind a falfe Delight conveys : Throughout the whole with ...
Page xx
... thoughts in smoother numbers charm . 20 When fools provoke , and dunces urge thy rage , Flecknoe improv'd bites keener in each page . Give o'er , great bard , your fruitless toil give o'er , For ftill king Tibbald fcribbles as before ...
... thoughts in smoother numbers charm . 20 When fools provoke , and dunces urge thy rage , Flecknoe improv'd bites keener in each page . Give o'er , great bard , your fruitless toil give o'er , For ftill king Tibbald fcribbles as before ...
Page 8
... thoughts are not our own , be- caufe they refemble the Ancients , may as well fay our faces are not our own , because they are like our Fathers : And indeed it is very unreasonable , that people should expect us to be Scholars , and yet ...
... thoughts are not our own , be- caufe they refemble the Ancients , may as well fay our faces are not our own , because they are like our Fathers : And indeed it is very unreasonable , that people should expect us to be Scholars , and yet ...
Page 9
... thought tolerable . I would not be like those Authors , who forgive themselves fome particular lines for the fake of a whole Poem , and vice versa a whole Poem for the fake of fome particular lines . I be- lieve , no one qualification ...
... thought tolerable . I would not be like those Authors , who forgive themselves fome particular lines for the fake of a whole Poem , and vice versa a whole Poem for the fake of fome particular lines . I be- lieve , no one qualification ...
Page 11
... it , is others will do it for him . I'll therefore make this Pre- face a general confeffion of all my thoughts of my own Poetry , refolving with the fame freedom to expofe my- felf , : self , as it is in the power of PREFACE . 11.
... it , is others will do it for him . I'll therefore make this Pre- face a general confeffion of all my thoughts of my own Poetry , refolving with the fame freedom to expofe my- felf , : self , as it is in the power of PREFACE . 11.
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