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... strong , and the transitions bold , and there is a juft mixture of fentiment and imagery ; and particularly , they are animated with a noble spirit of liberty . I must refer the reader to the characters of Alcćus and of Milton in the ...
... strong , and the transitions bold , and there is a juft mixture of fentiment and imagery ; and particularly , they are animated with a noble spirit of liberty . I must refer the reader to the characters of Alcćus and of Milton in the ...
Page 282
... strong and pathetic ; his compo- fitions footh us with a tranquil and tender * There are however fome images in Rowe ftrongly painted , fuch , particularly , as the following , which is worthy of Spenfer ; fpeaking of the Torver ...
... strong and pathetic ; his compo- fitions footh us with a tranquil and tender * There are however fome images in Rowe ftrongly painted , fuch , particularly , as the following , which is worthy of Spenfer ; fpeaking of the Torver ...
Page 378
... strong , That painted was all endilong , With tyger's blood in every place , The Tholofan that hight y Stace . matic poets of Greece . Sophocles and Euripides deserved certainly matic 378 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS And, where the deluge burft ...
... strong , That painted was all endilong , With tyger's blood in every place , The Tholofan that hight y Stace . matic poets of Greece . Sophocles and Euripides deserved certainly matic 378 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS And, where the deluge burft ...
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