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... thefe juvenile defcriptive poems of Milton , as well as his latin elegies , are of a strain far more exalted than any the former author can boaft ? Let me add at the fame time , what juftice obliges me to add , that they are far more ...
... thefe juvenile defcriptive poems of Milton , as well as his latin elegies , are of a strain far more exalted than any the former author can boaft ? Let me add at the fame time , what juftice obliges me to add , that they are far more ...
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... of the last line ; as well as the ftroke of nature , in making thefe rude hearers imagine fome god lay concealed in this first musician's inftrument . Flaccus , Flaccus , for that of Apollonius is of a dif- 52 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... of the last line ; as well as the ftroke of nature , in making thefe rude hearers imagine fome god lay concealed in this first musician's inftrument . Flaccus , Flaccus , for that of Apollonius is of a dif- 52 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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... , while Thais and the attendant princes rushed out with him to fet fire to the city . The * Thefe anapelts , for fach they are , have a fine effect . E3 whole whole train of imagery in this stanza is alive , AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 53.
... , while Thais and the attendant princes rushed out with him to fet fire to the city . The * Thefe anapelts , for fach they are , have a fine effect . E3 whole whole train of imagery in this stanza is alive , AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 53.
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... armed fhades Glittering through the gloomy glades , By the youths that dy'd for love Wand'ring in the myrtle grove ; * Ver . 480 . Thefe These images are picturesque and appropri- ated ; and these 54 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... armed fhades Glittering through the gloomy glades , By the youths that dy'd for love Wand'ring in the myrtle grove ; * Ver . 480 . Thefe These images are picturesque and appropri- ated ; and these 54 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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... paffions , which may perhaps be reckoned a blameable tautology ; espe- cially as thefe lines , Mufic the fierceft grief can charm , And Fate's fevereft Mufic 60 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS Or where in turf-built fheds, or rushy ...
... paffions , which may perhaps be reckoned a blameable tautology ; espe- cially as thefe lines , Mufic the fierceft grief can charm , And Fate's fevereft Mufic 60 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS Or where in turf-built fheds, or rushy ...
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