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... fhall we fay of this paffage ? --- Why , that it is most excellent fenfe , but just as poetical as the " Qui fit Mæcenas ” of the author who recommends this me- thod of trial . Take ten lines of the Iliad , Paradife Loft , or even of ...
... fhall we fay of this paffage ? --- Why , that it is most excellent fenfe , but just as poetical as the " Qui fit Mæcenas ” of the author who recommends this me- thod of trial . Take ten lines of the Iliad , Paradife Loft , or even of ...
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... fhall nei ther cenfure nor commend , without alleging the reafon on which my opinion is founded , I fhall be entirely unmoved at the impu- tation of malignity , or the clamours of po- pular prejudice . Ir is fomewhat ftrange , that in ...
... fhall nei ther cenfure nor commend , without alleging the reafon on which my opinion is founded , I fhall be entirely unmoved at the impu- tation of malignity , or the clamours of po- pular prejudice . Ir is fomewhat ftrange , that in ...
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... fhall cover thee : " the DROMEDARIES of Median and Ephah : " all they from Sheba fhall come : they " shall bring gold and incenfe , and they " fhall fhew forth the praises of the Lord . " All the FLOCKS of Kedar fhall be ga- " thered ...
... fhall cover thee : " the DROMEDARIES of Median and Ephah : " all they from Sheba fhall come : they " shall bring gold and incenfe , and they " fhall fhew forth the praises of the Lord . " All the FLOCKS of Kedar fhall be ga- " thered ...
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... fhall , in order to preserve impartiality , produce another from Milton , in which I think him inferior to the last quoted paffage , except perhaps in the third line ; first remarking that both authors are much indebted to Spenfert ...
... fhall , in order to preserve impartiality , produce another from Milton , in which I think him inferior to the last quoted paffage , except perhaps in the third line ; first remarking that both authors are much indebted to Spenfert ...
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... fhall the most " diftant nations croud into my port : " a poet fets before your eyes " the fhips of uncouth form , " that shall arrive in the Thames * ; And feather'd people croud my wealthy fide ; And naked youths , and painted chiefs ...
... fhall the most " diftant nations croud into my port : " a poet fets before your eyes " the fhips of uncouth form , " that shall arrive in the Thames * ; And feather'd people croud my wealthy fide ; And naked youths , and painted chiefs ...
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