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Page 14
... taken from the fourteenth chapter of Isaiah , has been written by Dr. Lowth ; whofe Latin prelec- tions on the inimitable poesy of the Hebrews , abounding in remarks entirely new , deli- vered in the purest and most expressive lan ...
... taken from the fourteenth chapter of Isaiah , has been written by Dr. Lowth ; whofe Latin prelec- tions on the inimitable poesy of the Hebrews , abounding in remarks entirely new , deli- vered in the purest and most expressive lan ...
Page 42
... piny mountains , and the gloomieft caverns . Innu- merable are the little circumftances in his defcriptions , totally unobferved by all his pre- deceffors . deceffors . What poet hath ever taken notice of the 42 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... piny mountains , and the gloomieft caverns . Innu- merable are the little circumftances in his defcriptions , totally unobferved by all his pre- deceffors . deceffors . What poet hath ever taken notice of the 42 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 43
Joseph Warton. deceffors . What poet hath ever taken notice of the leaf , that towards the end of autumn , Inceffant ruftles from the mournful grove * , Oft ftartling fuch as , ftudious , walk below , And flowly circles through the ...
Joseph Warton. deceffors . What poet hath ever taken notice of the leaf , that towards the end of autumn , Inceffant ruftles from the mournful grove * , Oft ftartling fuch as , ftudious , walk below , And flowly circles through the ...
Page 93
... The Works of Cardinal Bembo , and of Casa , of Anni- bal Caro , and Taffo himself , are full of entire lines taken from Dante and Petrarch . This modeft ftone , what few vain marbles can , This AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 93 鳌 ...
... The Works of Cardinal Bembo , and of Casa , of Anni- bal Caro , and Taffo himself , are full of entire lines taken from Dante and Petrarch . This modeft ftone , what few vain marbles can , This AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 93 鳌 ...
Page 134
... taken notice of ; for Thuanus informs us , that MADNESS is a common diforder among the Spaniards at the latter part ... taken taken is extremely fcarce . " Quæ variæ inter fe 134 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... taken notice of ; for Thuanus informs us , that MADNESS is a common diforder among the Spaniards at the latter part ... taken taken is extremely fcarce . " Quæ variæ inter fe 134 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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