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... TION , alone , that can stamp a writer with this exalted and very uncommon character , which fo few poffefs , and of which fo few can properly judge . A 3 FOR FOR One perfon who can adequate . ly relish , DEDICATION .
... TION , alone , that can stamp a writer with this exalted and very uncommon character , which fo few poffefs , and of which fo few can properly judge . A 3 FOR FOR One perfon who can adequate . ly relish , DEDICATION .
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... tion 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 .
... tion 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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... 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 beauties of the Foreft of Windfor , are here de ...
... 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 beauties of the Foreft of Windfor , are here de ...
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... tion of the fall of Darius , that immediately fucceeds the joyous praises of Bacchus . The fymphony , and air particularly , that accom- panies the four words , " fallen , fallen , " fallen , fallen , " is ftrangely moving * , and ...
... tion of the fall of Darius , that immediately fucceeds the joyous praises of Bacchus . The fymphony , and air particularly , that accom- panies the four words , " fallen , fallen , " fallen , fallen , " is ftrangely moving * , and ...
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... tion . " Quid quod pleraque nos illa quafi mugiente literâ clu- dimus M , quâ nullum Græcè verbum cadit ? At illi N jucun- dam et in fine præcipuè quafi tinnientem , illius leco ponunt , qua eft apud nos rariffimè in claufulis . Quid ...
... tion . " Quid quod pleraque nos illa quafi mugiente literâ clu- dimus M , quâ nullum Græcè verbum cadit ? At illi N jucun- dam et in fine præcipuè quafi tinnientem , illius leco ponunt , qua eft apud nos rariffimè in claufulis . Quid ...
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