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Page 71
... things he was to avoid at a convenient distance , nor diftinguish things he had to do with by those fenfible qualities others do * : " 12. If nature thunder'd in his opening ears , And stunn'd him with the mufic of the spheres , How ...
... things he was to avoid at a convenient distance , nor diftinguish things he had to do with by those fenfible qualities others do * : " 12. If nature thunder'd in his opening ears , And stunn'd him with the mufic of the spheres , How ...
Page 82
... things , and yet a feeble worm of the earth ! The great depofitary and guardian of truth , and yet a mere huddle of uncertainty ! the glory and the fcandal of the universe . " 22. Superior beings when of late they faw A mortal man ...
... things , and yet a feeble worm of the earth ! The great depofitary and guardian of truth , and yet a mere huddle of uncertainty ! the glory and the fcandal of the universe . " 22. Superior beings when of late they faw A mortal man ...
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... things as it does * . " - May we not , however , venture to observe , that more of that true harmony which will best support a poem , will result from a variety of paufes , and from an in- termixture of thofe different feet ( iambic and ...
... things as it does * . " - May we not , however , venture to observe , that more of that true harmony which will best support a poem , will result from a variety of paufes , and from an in- termixture of thofe different feet ( iambic and ...
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