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... spirit predominates through the whole . Nor is any thing wanting to crown and complete the fublimity of this ode with abfolute beauty ; nor can the Greek or Roman poefy pro- duce any thing that is fimilar , or second , to this ode ...
... spirit predominates through the whole . Nor is any thing wanting to crown and complete the fublimity of this ode with abfolute beauty ; nor can the Greek or Roman poefy pro- duce any thing that is fimilar , or second , to this ode ...
Page 31
... fubjoins , much in the spirit of Denham , Beafts urg'd by us their fellow beasts pursue , And learn of man each other to undo * . * Ver . 124 . 1 Whre Where he is defcribing the tyrannies for merly exercised in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 31.
... fubjoins , much in the spirit of Denham , Beafts urg'd by us their fellow beasts pursue , And learn of man each other to undo * . * Ver . 124 . 1 Whre Where he is defcribing the tyrannies for merly exercised in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 31.
Page 69
... spirit of liberty . I must refer the reader to the characters of Alcæus and of Milton in the two firft , and to the ftanza of Mr. Weft's ode , on the barons procuring magna charta , which I fhall infert at length . On yonder plain ...
... spirit of liberty . I must refer the reader to the characters of Alcæus and of Milton in the two firft , and to the ftanza of Mr. Weft's ode , on the barons procuring magna charta , which I fhall infert at length . On yonder plain ...
Page 92
... spirit of modefty and candour , as evidently fhews , the critic intends merely to gratify curiofity , and not to indulge envy , malignity , and a petulant defire of dethron- * Lib . iii . v . 255 . Dryden fays prettily of Ben . Jonfon's ...
... spirit of modefty and candour , as evidently fhews , the critic intends merely to gratify curiofity , and not to indulge envy , malignity , and a petulant defire of dethron- * Lib . iii . v . 255 . Dryden fays prettily of Ben . Jonfon's ...
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Joseph Warton. and some of those dialogues he has tranflated with their original spirit . Indeed , among the many tranflators of Greek authors who flou- rished at that time , Erafmus feems to have been in all respects the most eminent ...
Joseph Warton. and some of those dialogues he has tranflated with their original spirit . Indeed , among the many tranflators of Greek authors who flou- rished at that time , Erafmus feems to have been in all respects the most eminent ...
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