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... Some of Milton's most early , as well as most exquifite pieces , are his Lycidas , L'Allegro , and II Penferofo ; if we may except his Ode on the Nativity of Chrift , which is indeed prior in the order of time , and in which a ...
... Some of Milton's most early , as well as most exquifite pieces , are his Lycidas , L'Allegro , and II Penferofo ; if we may except his Ode on the Nativity of Chrift , which is indeed prior in the order of time , and in which a ...
Page 45
... Some ruminating lie ; while others ftand Half in the flood , and often bending fip The circling furface . He adds , that the ox in the middle of them , From his fides The troublous infects lafhes , to his fides Returning ftill * . — A ...
... Some ruminating lie ; while others ftand Half in the flood , and often bending fip The circling furface . He adds , that the ox in the middle of them , From his fides The troublous infects lafhes , to his fides Returning ftill * . — A ...
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... Some . of Rouffeau , particularly that to Fortune , and fome of his pfalms ; and one or two of Voltaire , particularly , to the king of Pruffia , on his acceffion to the throne , and on Meaupertuis's travels to the north , to measure ...
... Some . of Rouffeau , particularly that to Fortune , and fome of his pfalms ; and one or two of Voltaire , particularly , to the king of Pruffia , on his acceffion to the throne , and on Meaupertuis's travels to the north , to measure ...
Page 73
... some nymph , a favourite of Pan ticularly his defcription of his being left in this defolate island , v . 280. His lamentation for the loss of his bow , v . 1140. and also 1185. and his last adieu to the island , 1508 . One may here ...
... some nymph , a favourite of Pan ticularly his defcription of his being left in this defolate island , v . 280. His lamentation for the loss of his bow , v . 1140. and also 1185. and his last adieu to the island , 1508 . One may here ...
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... some have done with small variations , his opinion , with- out acknowledging the debt . An apology would be neceffary for this digreffion , if it was not my profeffed design in this Essay , to expatiate into fuch occafional ...
... some have done with small variations , his opinion , with- out acknowledging the debt . An apology would be neceffary for this digreffion , if it was not my profeffed design in this Essay , to expatiate into fuch occafional ...
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