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... affected : a free , lofty , and truly divine spirit redominates through the whole . Nor is any thing wanting to crown and complete the fublimity of this ode with absolute beauty ; nor can the Greek or Roman poefy pro- duce any thing ...
... affected : a free , lofty , and truly divine spirit redominates through the whole . Nor is any thing wanting to crown and complete the fublimity of this ode with absolute beauty ; nor can the Greek or Roman poefy pro- duce any thing ...
Page 39
... affected , to a degree not to be parallelled in the purer , but lefs elevated , compofitions of POPE . The season being winter , when Jefus was born , Milton fays , D. 4 Nature , 1 Nature , in awe to HIM Had dofft her gawdy AND WRITINGS ...
... affected , to a degree not to be parallelled in the purer , but lefs elevated , compofitions of POPE . The season being winter , when Jefus was born , Milton fays , D. 4 Nature , 1 Nature , in awe to HIM Had dofft her gawdy AND WRITINGS ...
Page 63
... affected divifions , into which , in compliance with a vicious and vulgar tafte , this great mafter hath sometimes defcended . Even this piece of Handel , fo excellent on the whole , is not free from one or two blemishes of this fort ...
... affected divifions , into which , in compliance with a vicious and vulgar tafte , this great mafter hath sometimes defcended . Even this piece of Handel , fo excellent on the whole , is not free from one or two blemishes of this fort ...
Page 176
... - taining critical remarks , in his work : the chief merit of which is that of telling a story with grace and ease . His own ftyle is more * Ver . 668 . affected 66 affected than even that of his cotemporaries , when 176 ESSAY ON THE ...
... - taining critical remarks , in his work : the chief merit of which is that of telling a story with grace and ease . His own ftyle is more * Ver . 668 . affected 66 affected than even that of his cotemporaries , when 176 ESSAY ON THE ...
Page 177
Joseph Warton. 66 affected than even that of his cotemporaries , when the Augustan fimplicity was laid aside . Many of his metaphors are far - fetched , and mixed ; of which this glaring inftance may be alledged . Neque concipere aut ...
Joseph Warton. 66 affected than even that of his cotemporaries , when the Augustan fimplicity was laid aside . Many of his metaphors are far - fetched , and mixed ; of which this glaring inftance may be alledged . Neque concipere aut ...
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