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Page iv
... 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 ? It is remark- able , that ...
... 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 ? It is remark- able , that ...
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... attend , Walk in thy light , and in thy temple bend ; See thy bright altars throng'd with proftrate kings , And heap'd with products of Sabæan fprings + . Ifaiah , c . lx . v . 4 , 6 , 7 . + Ver . 91 . As " 14 As profperity and ...
... attend , Walk in thy light , and in thy temple bend ; See thy bright altars throng'd with proftrate kings , And heap'd with products of Sabæan fprings + . Ifaiah , c . lx . v . 4 , 6 , 7 . + Ver . 91 . As " 14 As profperity and ...
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... attend the fall of that magnificent city , Babylon : and the latter is perhaps a more proper and interesting fubject for poetry than the former ; as fuch kinds of objects make the deepest impreffion on the mind : terror being a stronger ...
... attend the fall of that magnificent city , Babylon : and the latter is perhaps a more proper and interesting fubject for poetry than the former ; as fuch kinds of objects make the deepest impreffion on the mind : terror being a stronger ...
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Joseph Warton. How full , particular and picturefque is this affemblage of circumstances that attend a very keen froft in a night of winter ! Loud rings the frozen earth , and hard reflects A double noife ; while at his evening watch The ...
Joseph Warton. How full , particular and picturefque is this affemblage of circumstances that attend a very keen froft in a night of winter ! Loud rings the frozen earth , and hard reflects A double noife ; while at his evening watch The ...
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... judicious Brumoy are moderate and ra- tional , and feem to comprehend all that is neceffary to be faid on this fubject . * Old . τυξαν . 1118 . " I " know , know , fays he , the chorus is attended with 74 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... judicious Brumoy are moderate and ra- tional , and feem to comprehend all that is neceffary to be faid on this fubject . * Old . τυξαν . 1118 . " I " know , know , fays he , the chorus is attended with 74 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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