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Page 112
... images . It is not to be considered as the effusion of real passion ; for passion runs not after remote allusions and obscure opinions . Passion plucks no berries from the myrtle and ivy , nor calls upon Arethuse and Mincius , nor tells ...
... images . It is not to be considered as the effusion of real passion ; for passion runs not after remote allusions and obscure opinions . Passion plucks no berries from the myrtle and ivy , nor calls upon Arethuse and Mincius , nor tells ...
Page 115
... images are properly selected , and nicely distinguished ; but the colours of the diction seem not sufficiently discriminated . I know not whether the characters are kept sufficiently apart . No mirth can , indeed , be found in his ...
... images are properly selected , and nicely distinguished ; but the colours of the diction seem not sufficiently discriminated . I know not whether the characters are kept sufficiently apart . No mirth can , indeed , be found in his ...
Page 197
... images such as the superficies of nature readily supplies ; he has a just claim to popu- larity , because he writes to common degrees of knowledge , and is free at least from philosophical pedantry , unless perhaps the end of a song To ...
... images such as the superficies of nature readily supplies ; he has a just claim to popu- larity , because he writes to common degrees of knowledge , and is free at least from philosophical pedantry , unless perhaps the end of a song To ...
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