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... introducing wolves into Eng- land . But on this principle , which is cer- tainly a just one , may it not be afked , why he fhould fpeak , the fcene lying in Windfor- Idyll . i . ver . 1 . Paft . iv . ver . 1 . Paft , ii . B 3 Foreft ...
... introducing wolves into Eng- land . But on this principle , which is cer- tainly a just one , may it not be afked , why he fhould fpeak , the fcene lying in Windfor- Idyll . i . ver . 1 . Paft . iv . ver . 1 . Paft , ii . B 3 Foreft ...
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... introduction of Cam and Ifis , as feats of the Muses . THEOCRITUS , Idyll . i . 66. † POPE , Paft . ii . 24. MILTON . A SHEP- B 4 A SHEPHERD in Theocritus wishes with much tenderness and elegance AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 7.
... introduction of Cam and Ifis , as feats of the Muses . THEOCRITUS , Idyll . i . 66. † POPE , Paft . ii . 24. MILTON . A SHEP- B 4 A SHEPHERD in Theocritus wishes with much tenderness and elegance AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 7.
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... introducing the following circumstance : the prophet fays , " The parched ground shall " become a pool ; " Our author expreffes this idea by faying , that the fhepherd , fball START amid the thirsty wild to hear New falls of water ...
... introducing the following circumstance : the prophet fays , " The parched ground shall " become a pool ; " Our author expreffes this idea by faying , that the fhepherd , fball START amid the thirsty wild to hear New falls of water ...
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Joseph Warton. enough ; a new character is immediately formed : Those are introduced who found the body of the king of Babylon caft out : they furvey it closely and attentively , and at laft hardly know it . Is this the man who made ...
Joseph Warton. enough ; a new character is immediately formed : Those are introduced who found the body of the king of Babylon caft out : they furvey it closely and attentively , and at laft hardly know it . Is this the man who made ...
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... introduced . Yet I have 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 ...
... introduced . Yet I have 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 ...
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