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... EPISTLES on the Characters of men and women , and your sprightly fatires , my good friend , are more frequently perused , and quoted , than L'Allegro and II Penfe- Penferofo of Milton . Had you written only these fatires vi DEDICATION .
... EPISTLES on the Characters of men and women , and your sprightly fatires , my good friend , are more frequently perused , and quoted , than L'Allegro and II Penfe- Penferofo of Milton . Had you written only these fatires vi DEDICATION .
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... frequently fha- dows the kings and princes of the Gentiles , rejoice , and infult with reproaches the bro- ken power of their most implacable foe .. She is at reft , the whole earth is quiet : they break forth into finging . Even the ...
... frequently fha- dows the kings and princes of the Gentiles , rejoice , and infult with reproaches the bro- ken power of their most implacable foe .. She is at reft , the whole earth is quiet : they break forth into finging . Even the ...
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... frequent , but not confused ; are bold but not 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 ...
... frequent , but not confused ; are bold but not 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 ...
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... frequently wondered , that he should have omitted the opportunity of defcribing at length it's vene- rable ancient castle , and the fruitful and ex- tenfive prospects which it commands . He flides with dexterity and address from speak ...
... frequently wondered , that he should have omitted the opportunity of defcribing at length it's vene- rable ancient castle , and the fruitful and ex- tenfive prospects which it commands . He flides with dexterity and address from speak ...
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... frequently steals imperceptibly , in his little defcriptive poem entitled GRONGAR HILL , where he difpofes By the epithet GRAVES Virgil infinuates , after his manner , the difficulty and laboriousness of the work . every object so as it ...
... frequently steals imperceptibly , in his little defcriptive poem entitled GRONGAR HILL , where he difpofes By the epithet GRAVES Virgil infinuates , after his manner , the difficulty and laboriousness of the work . every object so as it ...
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