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Page 139
... striking . And , in this refpect , Marcello is truly excellent : if ever he seems to FALL , it is only to RISE with more astonishing majefty and great- nefs * . " It may be pertinent to subjoin Rofcommon's remark on the same subject ...
... striking . And , in this refpect , Marcello is truly excellent : if ever he seems to FALL , it is only to RISE with more astonishing majefty and great- nefs * . " It may be pertinent to subjoin Rofcommon's remark on the same subject ...
Page 284
... striking inftance of the ab- furdity of this violation . In this piece , as in all of Rowe , are many florid speeches utterly inconfiftent with the state and fitua , tion of the distressful perfonages who speak them . When Shore first ...
... striking inftance of the ab- furdity of this violation . In this piece , as in all of Rowe , are many florid speeches utterly inconfiftent with the state and fitua , tion of the distressful perfonages who speak them . When Shore first ...
Page 391
... striking images copied by another masterly hand . - With flacken'd wings , While now the folemn concert breathes around , Incumbent o'er the fceptre of his lord Sleeps the ftern eagle ; by the number'd notes Poffefs'd ; and fatiate with ...
... striking images copied by another masterly hand . - With flacken'd wings , While now the folemn concert breathes around , Incumbent o'er the fceptre of his lord Sleeps the ftern eagle ; by the number'd notes Poffefs'd ; and fatiate with ...
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