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... whose greatest beauty is that hinted above , a fimple enumeration of the appearances of nature , and of what is actually to be seen at fuch a time . They are not unworthy the correct and pure Tibullus . They were written by the late Mr ...
... whose greatest beauty is that hinted above , a fimple enumeration of the appearances of nature , and of what is actually to be seen at fuch a time . They are not unworthy the correct and pure Tibullus . They were written by the late Mr ...
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... whose work is one of the most valuable that his elegant nation hath produced , than to adopt , as some have done with small variations , his opinion , without acknowledging the debt . An apo- logy would be neceffary for this digreffion ...
... whose work is one of the most valuable that his elegant nation hath produced , than to adopt , as some have done with small variations , his opinion , without acknowledging the debt . An apo- logy would be neceffary for this digreffion ...
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... whose writings this poet had formed his tafte . Boileau's chief talent was the DIDACTIC . His fancy was not the predominant faculty of his mind . Fontenelle has thus cha- racterifed him . " Il étoit grand & ex- cellent verfificateur ...
... whose writings this poet had formed his tafte . Boileau's chief talent was the DIDACTIC . His fancy was not the predominant faculty of his mind . Fontenelle has thus cha- racterifed him . " Il étoit grand & ex- cellent verfificateur ...
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