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... means the fhining talent of POPE . This affer- tion may be manifested by the few images in- troduced in the poem before us , which arenot equally applicable to any place whatsoever . Rural beauty in general , and not the peculiar ...
... means the fhining talent of POPE . This affer- tion may be manifested by the few images in- troduced in the poem before us , which arenot equally applicable to any place whatsoever . Rural beauty in general , and not the peculiar ...
Page 21
... means excelled by the foregoing . Qua nudo Rofamonda humilis fub culmine tecti Marginis obfcuri fervat inane decus , Rara intermiffæ circum veftigia molis , Et fola in vacuo tramite porta labat : Sacræ olim fedes riguæ convallis in ...
... means excelled by the foregoing . Qua nudo Rofamonda humilis fub culmine tecti Marginis obfcuri fervat inane decus , Rara intermiffæ circum veftigia molis , Et fola in vacuo tramite porta labat : Sacræ olim fedes riguæ convallis in ...
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... means his only excellencies ; he is equally to be praised , for impreffing on our minds the effects , which the fcene delineated would have on the present spectator or hearer . Thus having spoken of the roaring of the favages in a ...
... means his only excellencies ; he is equally to be praised , for impreffing on our minds the effects , which the fcene delineated would have on the present spectator or hearer . Thus having spoken of the roaring of the favages in a ...
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... mean that of Lucretius . WE are next to speak of the LYRIC pieces of POPE . He used to declare , that if Dryden had finished a tranflation of the Iliad , he would not have attempted one after fo great a master ; he might have faid with ...
... mean that of Lucretius . WE are next to speak of the LYRIC pieces of POPE . He used to declare , that if Dryden had finished a tranflation of the Iliad , he would not have attempted one after fo great a master ; he might have faid with ...
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... means equal to the conclusion of that ftanza . The animating fong that Orpheus fung.to the Argonauts , copied from Valerius What paffion cannot mufic raise and quell ! When Jubal ftruck the chorded shell , His lift'ning brethren stood ...
... means equal to the conclusion of that ftanza . The animating fong that Orpheus fung.to the Argonauts , copied from Valerius What paffion cannot mufic raise and quell ! When Jubal ftruck the chorded shell , His lift'ning brethren stood ...
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