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Page 15
... She is at reft , the whole earth is quiet : they break forth into finging . Even the firs rejoice at thee , the cedars of Libanus : Since thou art laid low , no feller is come up against us . There follows a most daring profopopeia of ...
... She is at reft , the whole earth is quiet : they break forth into finging . Even the firs rejoice at thee , the cedars of Libanus : Since thou art laid low , no feller is come up against us . There follows a most daring profopopeia of ...
Page 57
... she was snatched back , and which he uttered as fhe was gra- dually finking to the fhades , especially where the movingly takes her laft adieu , Jamque vale ! And adds , that fhe is now furrounded with a vaft darkness , " feror ingenti ...
... she was snatched back , and which he uttered as fhe was gra- dually finking to the fhades , especially where the movingly takes her laft adieu , Jamque vale ! And adds , that fhe is now furrounded with a vaft darkness , " feror ingenti ...
Page 221
... she repairs to the famous old tower at Montlery , in or- der to find out an owl which the may convey into the DESK , and which afterwards pro- duces fo ridiculous a confternation . SLOTH is another principal perfonage : fhe alfo is ...
... she repairs to the famous old tower at Montlery , in or- der to find out an owl which the may convey into the DESK , and which afterwards pro- duces fo ridiculous a confternation . SLOTH is another principal perfonage : fhe alfo is ...
Page 238
... art and judgment . I queftion whether Hoyle could have played it better than Belinda . It is finely contrived that * Cant . iii . ver . 33 , she the fhould be victorious ; as it occafions a change 238 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS 1 ...
... art and judgment . I queftion whether Hoyle could have played it better than Belinda . It is finely contrived that * Cant . iii . ver . 33 , she the fhould be victorious ; as it occafions a change 238 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS 1 ...
Page 239
... she was speedily to undergo , and gives occafion to the poet to introduce a moral reflection from Virgil , which adds to the pleasantry of the story . In one of the passages where POPE has copied Vida , he has loft the propriety of the ...
... she was speedily to undergo , and gives occafion to the poet to introduce a moral reflection from Virgil , which adds to the pleasantry of the story . In one of the passages where POPE has copied Vida , he has loft the propriety of the ...
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