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Page 112
... line , where the deity is fuddenly transformed into a plant ; from thence this metaphor of a vegetable is carried on dif- tinctly through the cleven fucceeding lines , till he fuddenly returns to confider Happi- nefs again as a perfon ...
... line , where the deity is fuddenly transformed into a plant ; from thence this metaphor of a vegetable is carried on dif- tinctly through the cleven fucceeding lines , till he fuddenly returns to confider Happi- nefs again as a perfon ...
Page 117
... lines as nervous and energetic as are to be found in any part of our author . A frame of adamant , a foul of fire , No dangers fright him , and no labours tire ; O'er Love , o'er Fear , extends his wide domain , Unconquer'd Lord of ...
... lines as nervous and energetic as are to be found in any part of our author . A frame of adamant , a foul of fire , No dangers fright him , and no labours tire ; O'er Love , o'er Fear , extends his wide domain , Unconquer'd Lord of ...
Page 332
... line is quaint and obfcure ; the two first vigorously expreffed . Horace thought of a noble paffage in Lucretius , book ... lines to Critias ; but Plutarch , with better reafon , to Euripides . 53. Ludicra lâ 1 : yes kies t : the orace t ...
... line is quaint and obfcure ; the two first vigorously expreffed . Horace thought of a noble paffage in Lucretius , book ... lines to Critias ; but Plutarch , with better reafon , to Euripides . 53. Ludicra lâ 1 : yes kies t : the orace t ...
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