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Page 43
... beauties ' deepest red ; An harmless flattering meteor shone for hair , And fell adown his shoulders with loose care ; He cuts out a silk mantle from the skies , Where the most sprightly azure pleas'd the eyes ; This he with starry ...
... beauties ' deepest red ; An harmless flattering meteor shone for hair , And fell adown his shoulders with loose care ; He cuts out a silk mantle from the skies , Where the most sprightly azure pleas'd the eyes ; This he with starry ...
Page 160
... beauties in his compositions as in those of some contemporaries , there are at least fewer faults . Nor is this his highest praise ; for Mr. Pope has celebrated him as the only moral writer of King Charles's reign : Unhappy Dryden ! in ...
... beauties in his compositions as in those of some contemporaries , there are at least fewer faults . Nor is this his highest praise ; for Mr. Pope has celebrated him as the only moral writer of King Charles's reign : Unhappy Dryden ! in ...
Page 334
... beauties ; perhaps , only last in order , because they are the last product of the design , of the disposition or connexion of its parts ; of the characters , of the manners of those characters , and of the thoughts proceeding from ...
... beauties ; perhaps , only last in order , because they are the last product of the design , of the disposition or connexion of its parts ; of the characters , of the manners of those characters , and of the thoughts proceeding from ...
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