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Now cold defpair'fucceeding in her ftead , To livid palenefs turn'd the glowing red * . If we pass on from defcriptions of perfons to those of things , we fhall find this poem equally excellent . The temple of Mars , is fituated with ...
Now cold defpair'fucceeding in her ftead , To livid palenefs turn'd the glowing red * . If we pass on from defcriptions of perfons to those of things , we fhall find this poem equally excellent . The temple of Mars , is fituated with ...
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He that was unacquainted with Spenfer , and was to form his ideas of the turn and manner of his genius from this piece , would 7 1 1 1 1 would undoubtedly fuppofe that he abounded in filthy images , 1 30 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS fay how foon ...
He that was unacquainted with Spenfer , and was to form his ideas of the turn and manner of his genius from this piece , would 7 1 1 1 1 would undoubtedly fuppofe that he abounded in filthy images , 1 30 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS fay how foon ...
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The very turn of thefe numbers , bears the clofeft refemblance with the following , which are of themfelves a complete concert of the most delicious mufic . The joyous birds fhrouded in chearful fhade , Their notes unto the voice ...
The very turn of thefe numbers , bears the clofeft refemblance with the following , which are of themfelves a complete concert of the most delicious mufic . The joyous birds fhrouded in chearful fhade , Their notes unto the voice ...
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Nothing can more strongly characterize the different manner and turn of these two writers , than the pieces in queftion . It is remarkable , that Milton ends his ode with a kind of prophecy importing , that however he may be at present ...
Nothing can more strongly characterize the different manner and turn of these two writers , than the pieces in queftion . It is remarkable , that Milton ends his ode with a kind of prophecy importing , that however he may be at present ...
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I believe on a fair comparison with Rochester's lines , it will be found , that although the turn of the fatire be copied , yet it is excelled . That Rochefter fhould write a fatire on * Hume's Hiftory of Great - Britain . Vol .
I believe on a fair comparison with Rochester's lines , it will be found , that although the turn of the fatire be copied , yet it is excelled . That Rochefter fhould write a fatire on * Hume's Hiftory of Great - Britain . Vol .
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