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... Pindar's odes were regular ; and though certainly he had not the fire requisite for the higher species of lyric poetry , he has shown us that enthusiasm has its rules , and that in mere confusion there is neither grace nor greatness ...
... Pindar's odes were regular ; and though certainly he had not the fire requisite for the higher species of lyric poetry , he has shown us that enthusiasm has its rules , and that in mere confusion there is neither grace nor greatness ...
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... Pindar , and publishes Observations on the Resurrection -His Friendship with Lyttelton and Pitt - Death and Burial at Wickham -Works and Character . GILBERT WEST is one of the writers of whom I regret my inability to give a sufficient ...
... Pindar , and publishes Observations on the Resurrection -His Friendship with Lyttelton and Pitt - Death and Burial at Wickham -Works and Character . GILBERT WEST is one of the writers of whom I regret my inability to give a sufficient ...
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... Pindar bestows upon Hiero an epithet , which , in one word , signifies delighting in horses ; a word which , in the translation , generates these lines : Hiero's royal brows , whose care Tends the courser's noble breed , Pleas'd to ...
... Pindar bestows upon Hiero an epithet , which , in one word , signifies delighting in horses ; a word which , in the translation , generates these lines : Hiero's royal brows , whose care Tends the courser's noble breed , Pleas'd to ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
WILLIAM SOMERVILE 16921742 | 65 |
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