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... whose Latin prelections on the inimitable poefy of the Hebrews , abounding in re- marks entirely new , delivered in the pureft and most expreffive language , are the richest augmentation literature has lately received ; + Ver . 91 . and ...
... whose Latin prelections on the inimitable poefy of the Hebrews , abounding in re- marks entirely new , delivered in the pureft and most expreffive language , are the richest augmentation literature has lately received ; + Ver . 91 . and ...
Page 106
... whose snares he generally falls . If the imagination be lively , the paffions will be strong . True genius feldom refides in a cold and phlegmatic conftitution . The fame temperament , and the same sensibility that makes a poet or a ...
... whose snares he generally falls . If the imagination be lively , the paffions will be strong . True genius feldom refides in a cold and phlegmatic conftitution . The fame temperament , and the same sensibility that makes a poet or a ...
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... whose thoughts and diction were as low and illiberal , as his life . THE HOUSE of FAME , as Chaucer en- titled his piece , gave the hint , as we ob- served , of the poem before us , though the defign is in truth improved and heightened ...
... whose thoughts and diction were as low and illiberal , as his life . THE HOUSE of FAME , as Chaucer en- titled his piece , gave the hint , as we ob- served , of the poem before us , though the defign is in truth improved and heightened ...
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