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liness of our heroic measure , in this ludicrous narrative ; but after all his pains , this measure is not adapted to such subjects , so well as the lines of four feet , or the French numbers of Fontaine * .
liness of our heroic measure , in this ludicrous narrative ; but after all his pains , this measure is not adapted to such subjects , so well as the lines of four feet , or the French numbers of Fontaine * .
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The lines of Pope , in the piece before us , are spirited and easy , and have , properly enough , a free colloquial air . One passage , I cannot forbear quoting , as it acquaints us with the writers who were popular in the time of ...
The lines of Pope , in the piece before us , are spirited and easy , and have , properly enough , a free colloquial air . One passage , I cannot forbear quoting , as it acquaints us with the writers who were popular in the time of ...
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It can hardly , I think , be doubted , but that Juvenal intended a severe satire on him , in these well known lines which have been commonly interpreted as a panegyric . Curritur ad vocem jucundam et carmen amica Thebaidos , latam fecit ...
It can hardly , I think , be doubted , but that Juvenal intended a severe satire on him , in these well known lines which have been commonly interpreted as a panegyric . Curritur ad vocem jucundam et carmen amica Thebaidos , latam fecit ...
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on this occasion , let us stop a moment and take one ' attentive look at the allegorical figures that rise to our view in the following lines ز By that way's side there sate infernal Pain , And fast beside him sat tumultuous Strife ...
on this occasion , let us stop a moment and take one ' attentive look at the allegorical figures that rise to our view in the following lines ز By that way's side there sate infernal Pain , And fast beside him sat tumultuous Strife ...
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The fol , lowing twelve lines contain three allusions , delicate indeed , but some may deem them to be too far - fetched , too much crouded , and not obvious to the Lady to whom they were addressed , on her singing a song of his ...
The fol , lowing twelve lines contain three allusions , delicate indeed , but some may deem them to be too far - fetched , too much crouded , and not obvious to the Lady to whom they were addressed , on her singing a song of his ...
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