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... " who rails at human kind from bis G " Study ; tho what he learns , he speaks ; and may perhaps advance fome gene- ❝oral maxims , or may be right by ❝ chance . ❝ chance . The coxcomb bird , fo grave and viii DEDICATION .
... " who rails at human kind from bis G " Study ; tho what he learns , he speaks ; and may perhaps advance fome gene- ❝oral maxims , or may be right by ❝ chance . ❝ chance . The coxcomb bird , fo grave and viii DEDICATION .
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... kind ; but the objects of its de- scription are great , and striking to the imagi- nation ; the false deities of the Heathen for- faking their temples on the birth of our Saviour ; faking 36 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS THE unexpected infertion ...
... kind ; but the objects of its de- scription are great , and striking to the imagi- nation ; the false deities of the Heathen for- faking their temples on the birth of our Saviour ; faking 36 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS THE unexpected infertion ...
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... kind , as de- pending on particular customs and manners , will ever be perufed with delight . The fcenes of Thomfon are frequently as wild and romantic as thofe of Salvator Rofa , varied with precipices and torrents , and " caftled ...
... kind , as de- pending on particular customs and manners , will ever be perufed with delight . The fcenes of Thomfon are frequently as wild and romantic as thofe of Salvator Rofa , varied with precipices and torrents , and " caftled ...
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... kind , on which a great genius beft delights to dwell . POPE it seems was of opinion , that defcrip- tive poetry is a compofition as abfurd as a feaft made up of fauces : and I know many other perfons that think meanly of it .. I will ...
... kind , on which a great genius beft delights to dwell . POPE it seems was of opinion , that defcrip- tive poetry is a compofition as abfurd as a feaft made up of fauces : and I know many other perfons that think meanly of it .. I will ...
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... kind , * " propior tamen primo quam tertio , " to * The inferiority of Addison's Óde , to POPE's on this fub- ject is manifest and remarkable . What profaic tameness and infipidity do we meet with in the following lines ? Cecilia's name ...
... kind , * " propior tamen primo quam tertio , " to * The inferiority of Addison's Óde , to POPE's on this fub- ject is manifest and remarkable . What profaic tameness and infipidity do we meet with in the following lines ? Cecilia's name ...
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