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... image that is new ! but this , I am afraid , is the cafe in the PASTORALS before us . The ideas of Theocritus , Vir- gil , and Spenfer , are indeed here exhibited in gil , 2 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS error and excellence, which alone fenders ...
... image that is new ! but this , I am afraid , is the cafe in the PASTORALS before us . The ideas of Theocritus , Vir- gil , and Spenfer , are indeed here exhibited in gil , 2 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS error and excellence, which alone fenders ...
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... images to the scene of action , is obvious from the following example of his judgment ; for in tranflating , Audiit EUROTAS , juffitque edifcere LAUROS he has dexterously dropt the laurels appro- priated to Eurotas , as he is fpeaking ...
... images to the scene of action , is obvious from the following example of his judgment ; for in tranflating , Audiit EUROTAS , juffitque edifcere LAUROS he has dexterously dropt the laurels appro- priated to Eurotas , as he is fpeaking ...
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... image , Oh ! were I made by fome transforming pow'r , The captive bird that fings within thy bow'r ! Then might my voice thy lift'ning ears employ ; And I , thofe kiffes he receives , enjoy t . On three accounts the former image is pre ...
... image , Oh ! were I made by fome transforming pow'r , The captive bird that fings within thy bow'r ! Then might my voice thy lift'ning ears employ ; And I , thofe kiffes he receives , enjoy t . On three accounts the former image is pre ...
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... images , and carried on by per- petual , and those very beautiful , perfonifi- cations . The fong begins with a fudden exclamation of the Jews , expreffing their joy and wonder at the unexpected change of their condition , and death of ...
... images , and carried on by per- petual , and those very beautiful , perfonifi- cations . The fong begins with a fudden exclamation of the Jews , expreffing their joy and wonder at the unexpected change of their condition , and death of ...
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... a folemn oath . WHAT images , how various , how thick- fown , how fublime , exalted with what ener- gy , what expreffions , figures , and fentiments , C are are here accumulated together ! We hear the Jews , AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 17.
... a folemn oath . WHAT images , how various , how thick- fown , how fublime , exalted with what ener- gy , what expreffions , figures , and fentiments , C are are here accumulated together ! We hear the Jews , AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 17.
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