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Page 8
... first Pas- toral , invented in imitation of the Virgilian ænigmas in the third eclogue , favours of pun , and puerile conceit . Αιθε γενοίμαν Α βομβευσα μελισσα , κι ἐς τεον ανρον ἐκοιμαν , Τον κισσον διαδύς , και ταν πλεριν & τυ ...
... first Pas- toral , invented in imitation of the Virgilian ænigmas in the third eclogue , favours of pun , and puerile conceit . Αιθε γενοίμαν Α βομβευσα μελισσα , κι ἐς τεον ανρον ἐκοιμαν , Τον κισσον διαδύς , και ταν πλεριν & τυ ...
Page 9
... first and laft Eclogues of Virgil are indifputable proofs of true genius , and power of fancy . The influence of war on the tran- quility of rural life , rendered the subject of the first new , and interefting : its compo- fition is ...
... first and laft Eclogues of Virgil are indifputable proofs of true genius , and power of fancy . The influence of war on the tran- quility of rural life , rendered the subject of the first new , and interefting : its compo- fition is ...
Page 26
... first remarking that both authors are much indebted to Spenfert , and perhaps to Drayton . Rivers arife ! whether thou be the fon Of utmost Tweed , or Oofe , or gulphy Dun , Or Trent , who like fome earth - born giant fpreads His thirty ...
... first remarking that both authors are much indebted to Spenfert , and perhaps to Drayton . Rivers arife ! whether thou be the fon Of utmost Tweed , or Oofe , or gulphy Dun , Or Trent , who like fome earth - born giant fpreads His thirty ...
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... first effort of a young genius , before he hath studied manners and paffions . 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 ...
... first effort of a young genius , before he hath studied manners and paffions . 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 ...
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... of Dryden on this fubject . One stanza of which I cannot forbear inferting in this note . It was fet to mufic , 1687 , by I. Baptifta Draghi . E 2 What } to use an expreffion of Quintilian . The first stanza AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 51 '
... of Dryden on this fubject . One stanza of which I cannot forbear inferting in this note . It was fet to mufic , 1687 , by I. Baptifta Draghi . E 2 What } to use an expreffion of Quintilian . The first stanza AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 51 '
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