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... Such as PITT , SANDYS , FAIRFAX , BROOME , BUCK- INGHAM , LANSDOWN . This enumera- tion is not intended as a complete ca- talogue of writers , and in their proper order , but only to mark out briefly the different fpecies of our ...
... Such as PITT , SANDYS , FAIRFAX , BROOME , BUCK- INGHAM , LANSDOWN . This enumera- tion is not intended as a complete ca- talogue of writers , and in their proper order , but only to mark out briefly the different fpecies of our ...
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... be urged , that in defcribing the dreadful inhabitants of the portal of hell , Virgil has not always used * Ver . 497 . + Ver . 411. et feq . fuch such adjuncts and epithets as a painter or sta- tuary 28 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... be urged , that in defcribing the dreadful inhabitants of the portal of hell , Virgil has not always used * Ver . 497 . + Ver . 411. et feq . fuch such adjuncts and epithets as a painter or sta- tuary 28 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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Joseph Warton. such adjuncts and epithets as a painter or sta- tuary might work after ; he fays only ultrices CURE , mortiferum BELLUM , mala MENTIS GAUDIA ; particularly , malefuada is only ap- plied to FAMES , instead of a word that ...
Joseph Warton. such adjuncts and epithets as a painter or sta- tuary might work after ; he fays only ultrices CURE , mortiferum BELLUM , mala MENTIS GAUDIA ; particularly , malefuada is only ap- plied to FAMES , instead of a word that ...
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... such par- ticularly as abound in the works of Marino . The fallacy confifts in giving defign and artifice to the wood , as well as to the co- quette ; and in putting the light of the fun and the warmth of a lover on a level . • Ver . 50 ...
... such par- ticularly as abound in the works of Marino . The fallacy confifts in giving defign and artifice to the wood , as well as to the co- quette ; and in putting the light of the fun and the warmth of a lover on a level . • Ver . 50 ...
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... Such is the power of true poetry , that one is almost inclined to believe the fuperfti- tions here alluded to , to be real ; and the fucceeding circumstances make one start and look around ; In confecrated earth , And on the holy hearth ...
... Such is the power of true poetry , that one is almost inclined to believe the fuperfti- tions here alluded to , to be real ; and the fucceeding circumstances make one start and look around ; In confecrated earth , And on the holy hearth ...
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