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... is not intended as a complete ca- talogue of writers , and in their proper order , but only to mark out briefly the different fpecies of our celebrated au- thors thors . ^ In which of these claffes POPE deferves xik DEDICATION .
... is not intended as a complete ca- talogue of writers , and in their proper order , but only to mark out briefly the different fpecies of our celebrated au- thors thors . ^ In which of these claffes POPE deferves xik DEDICATION .
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... proper and interesting fubject for poetry than the former ; as fuch kinds of objects make the deepest impreffion on the mind : terror being a stronger fen- fation than joy . Accordingly , a noble ode on the deftruction of Babylon ...
... proper and interesting fubject for poetry than the former ; as fuch kinds of objects make the deepest impreffion on the mind : terror being a stronger fen- fation than joy . Accordingly , a noble ode on the deftruction of Babylon ...
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Joseph Warton. retirement is highly finished , as the poet was here in his proper element , recommend- ing integrity and fcience . He has no where discovered more poetic enthusiasm , than where , fpeaking of the poets who lived or died ...
Joseph Warton. retirement is highly finished , as the poet was here in his proper element , recommend- ing integrity and fcience . He has no where discovered more poetic enthusiasm , than where , fpeaking of the poets who lived or died ...
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... proper infignia and attributes . ENVY her own fnakes fhall feel * , And PERSECUTION mourn his broken wheel ; There FACTION roar , REBELLION bite her chain , And gafping FURIES thirft for blood in vain . A PERSON of no fmall rank has ...
... proper infignia and attributes . ENVY her own fnakes fhall feel * , And PERSECUTION mourn his broken wheel ; There FACTION roar , REBELLION bite her chain , And gafping FURIES thirft for blood in vain . A PERSON of no fmall rank has ...
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... proper regard to the age , or climate , or occafion in which they were for- merly used . Though the diction of the SEA- SONS is fometimes harsh and inharmonious , and sometimes turgid and obscure , and though in many inftances , the ...
... proper regard to the age , or climate , or occafion in which they were for- merly used . Though the diction of the SEA- SONS is fometimes harsh and inharmonious , and sometimes turgid and obscure , and though in many inftances , the ...
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