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... closely and attentively , and at laft hardly know it . Is this the man who made earth tremble , who fhook the kingdoms ? Who made the world a folitude , and destroyed it's cities ? They reproach him with the loss of the common rite of ...
... closely and attentively , and at laft hardly know it . Is this the man who made earth tremble , who fhook the kingdoms ? Who made the world a folitude , and destroyed it's cities ? They reproach him with the loss of the common rite of ...
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... closely unite each part together , and give coherence , uniformity , and beauty to the work . The Spectator adds ; " The observations in this effay are fome of them uncommon : " there is , I fear , a fmall mix- ture of ill - nature in ...
... closely unite each part together , and give coherence , uniformity , and beauty to the work . The Spectator adds ; " The observations in this effay are fome of them uncommon : " there is , I fear , a fmall mix- ture of ill - nature in ...
Page 394
... closely and attentively confidering the fub- ject , I am inclined to alter my opinion , concerning the con- clufion of this fine Ode of Mr. Gray . The bard , not only fuftains the part of a prophet , but that of an actor like- wife ...
... closely and attentively confidering the fub- ject , I am inclined to alter my opinion , concerning the con- clufion of this fine Ode of Mr. Gray . The bard , not only fuftains the part of a prophet , but that of an actor like- wife ...
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