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... reader , that a clear head , and acute understanding are not fufficient , alone , to make a POET ; that the moft folid obfervations on human life , ex- preffed with the utmost elegance and brevity , are MORALITY , and not POETRY ; that ...
... reader , that a clear head , and acute understanding are not fufficient , alone , to make a POET ; that the moft folid obfervations on human life , ex- preffed with the utmost elegance and brevity , are MORALITY , and not POETRY ; that ...
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... reader is referred , at all more appropriated . The ftag - chafe , that imme- diately follows , although fome of the lines . are incomparably good * , is not so full , fo animated , and fo circumftantiated , as that of Somerville . THE ...
... reader is referred , at all more appropriated . The ftag - chafe , that imme- diately follows , although fome of the lines . are incomparably good * , is not so full , fo animated , and fo circumftantiated , as that of Somerville . THE ...
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... reader , than a moral one . When POPE therefore has defcribed a pheasant fhot , he breaks out into a very masterly ex- clamation ; Ah ! what avail his gloffy varying dyes , His purple creft , and fcarlet - circled eyes , The vivid green ...
... reader , than a moral one . When POPE therefore has defcribed a pheasant fhot , he breaks out into a very masterly ex- clamation ; Ah ! what avail his gloffy varying dyes , His purple creft , and fcarlet - circled eyes , The vivid green ...
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... readers , till they were fet to admirable mufic by Mr. Handel . And indeed this volume of Mil- ton's mifcellaneous poems has not till very lately met with fuitable regard . Shall I of- fend any rational admirer of POPE by re- marking ...
... readers , till they were fet to admirable mufic by Mr. Handel . And indeed this volume of Mil- ton's mifcellaneous poems has not till very lately met with fuitable regard . Shall I of- fend any rational admirer of POPE by re- marking ...
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... reader , efpecially at this time , Milton was of the Italian Poets . It is certain that Milton , in the beginning of the ode , had the third fonnet of Petrarch ftrong in his fancy , Era ' l giorno , ch ' al fol fi fcòloraro Per la pietà ...
... reader , efpecially at this time , Milton was of the Italian Poets . It is certain that Milton , in the beginning of the ode , had the third fonnet of Petrarch ftrong in his fancy , Era ' l giorno , ch ' al fol fi fcòloraro Per la pietà ...
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