The art of poetry on a new plan, illustrated with a great variety of examples [compiled by J. Newbery, revised by O. Goldsmith].1762 |
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... turn'd by furious winds And furging waves , as mountains to affault Heav'n's height , and with the centre mix the pole . Silence ye troubled waves , and thou deep , peace , Said then th ' omnific word , your discord end : Nor ftaid ...
... turn'd by furious winds And furging waves , as mountains to affault Heav'n's height , and with the centre mix the pole . Silence ye troubled waves , and thou deep , peace , Said then th ' omnific word , your discord end : Nor ftaid ...
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... turn'd Round through the vaft profundity obscure , And faid , thus far extend , thus far thy bounds , This be thy juft circumference , O World . The defcription he has given us of the angel Raphael is Jikewife nobly conceived , and ...
... turn'd Round through the vaft profundity obscure , And faid , thus far extend , thus far thy bounds , This be thy juft circumference , O World . The defcription he has given us of the angel Raphael is Jikewife nobly conceived , and ...
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... turn'd , And gaz'd a while the ample sky , till rais'd By quick instinctive motion up I fprung , As thitherward endeavouring , and upright Stood on my feet : about me round I faw Hill , dale , and fhady woods , and funny plains , And ...
... turn'd , And gaz'd a while the ample sky , till rais'd By quick instinctive motion up I fprung , As thitherward endeavouring , and upright Stood on my feet : about me round I faw Hill , dale , and fhady woods , and funny plains , And ...
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... turn'd ; but Eve Not fo repuls'd , with tears that ceas'd not flowing , And treffes all diforder'd , at his feet Fell humble ; and embracing them , befought His peace , and thus proceeded in her plaint . Forfake me not thus , Adam ...
... turn'd ; but Eve Not fo repuls'd , with tears that ceas'd not flowing , And treffes all diforder'd , at his feet Fell humble ; and embracing them , befought His peace , and thus proceeded in her plaint . Forfake me not thus , Adam ...
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... turn , but discover themselves at first fight , are not of the delicate kind , how- ever ingenious they may be in other refpects . Cicero , in his oration for Ligarius , tells Cæfar , that'tis ufual for him to forget nothing but ...
... turn , but discover themselves at first fight , are not of the delicate kind , how- ever ingenious they may be in other refpects . Cicero , in his oration for Ligarius , tells Cæfar , that'tis ufual for him to forget nothing but ...
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