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Page iv
... should feem fuffici E ently attend to the difference there is , betwixt a MAN OF WIT , a MAN OF SENSE , and a TRUE POET . Donne and Swift were undoubtedly men of wit , and men of fense : but what traces have they left of PURE POETRY ...
... should feem fuffici E ently attend to the difference there is , betwixt a MAN OF WIT , a MAN OF SENSE , and a TRUE POET . Donne and Swift were undoubtedly men of wit , and men of fense : but what traces have they left of PURE POETRY ...
Page xi
... should be ranked , fuch as poffeffed the true poetical genius , in a more moderate degree , but who had noble talents for moral , ethical , and panegyrical poefy . I At At the head of these are DRYDEN , PRIOR , DEDICATION . xi.
... should be ranked , fuch as poffeffed the true poetical genius , in a more moderate degree , but who had noble talents for moral , ethical , and panegyrical poefy . I At At the head of these are DRYDEN , PRIOR , DEDICATION . xi.
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... should seem , on the spot , and worthy the hand of Paul Brill , is by no means excelled by the foregoing . Qua nudo Rofamonda humilis fub culmine tecti Marginis obfcuri fervat inane decus , Rara intermiffæ circum veftigia molis , Et ...
... should seem , on the spot , and worthy the hand of Paul Brill , is by no means excelled by the foregoing . Qua nudo Rofamonda humilis fub culmine tecti Marginis obfcuri fervat inane decus , Rara intermiffæ circum veftigia molis , Et ...
Page 24
... should have omitted the opportunity of defcribing at length it's vene- rable ancient castle , and the fruitful and ex- tenfive prospects which it commands . He flides with dexterity and address from speak- ing of the miseries of the ...
... should have omitted the opportunity of defcribing at length it's vene- rable ancient castle , and the fruitful and ex- tenfive prospects which it commands . He flides with dexterity and address from speak- ing of the miseries of the ...
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... should never have looked to meet with it . I must do a noble English poet the juftice to observe , that it is this parti- cular art that is the very diftinguishing excel- lence of COOPER'S - HILL ; throughout which , the defcriptions of ...
... should never have looked to meet with it . I must do a noble English poet the juftice to observe , that it is this parti- cular art that is the very diftinguishing excel- lence of COOPER'S - HILL ; throughout which , the defcriptions of ...
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