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Page 38
... kind of poesy fit for all manner of subjects . But he should have remembered , that what is fit for every thing can ... kind of writing in verse , it can be adapted only to high and noble subjects ; and it will not be easy to reconcile ...
... kind of poesy fit for all manner of subjects . But he should have remembered , that what is fit for every thing can ... kind of writing in verse , it can be adapted only to high and noble subjects ; and it will not be easy to reconcile ...
Page 313
... kind of writing , which , though prosaick in some parts , rises to high poetry in others , and neither towers to the skies , nor creeps along the ground . Of the same kind , or not far distant from it , is the Hind and Panther , the ...
... kind of writing , which , though prosaick in some parts , rises to high poetry in others , and neither towers to the skies , nor creeps along the ground . Of the same kind , or not far distant from it , is the Hind and Panther , the ...
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... kind assistance yield , Your gifts I sing ! and thou , at whose fear'd stroke From rending earth the fiery courser broke , Great Neptune , O assist my artful song ! And thou to whom the woods and groves belong , Whose snowy heifers on ...
... kind assistance yield , Your gifts I sing ! and thou , at whose fear'd stroke From rending earth the fiery courser broke , Great Neptune , O assist my artful song ! And thou to whom the woods and groves belong , Whose snowy heifers on ...
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