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Page vii
... ENIM CONCLUDERE VERSUM DIXERIS ESSE SATIS―― are lines , often repeated , but whofe meaning is not extended and weighed as it ought to be . Nothing can be more judicious A 4 3 judicious than the method he pre- fcribes , of DEDICATION . vii.
... ENIM CONCLUDERE VERSUM DIXERIS ESSE SATIS―― are lines , often repeated , but whofe meaning is not extended and weighed as it ought to be . Nothing can be more judicious A 4 3 judicious than the method he pre- fcribes , of DEDICATION . vii.
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... whofe shade protected the king , be faid to be pro- lific of princes ? THAT POPE has not equalled Theocritus , will indeed appear lefs surprising , if we re- flect , that no original writer ever remained fo unrivalled by fucceeding ...
... whofe shade protected the king , be faid to be pro- lific of princes ? THAT POPE has not equalled Theocritus , will indeed appear lefs surprising , if we re- flect , that no original writer ever remained fo unrivalled by fucceeding ...
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... 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- guage , are the richeft augmentation literature has lately received ; and from ...
... 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- guage , are the richeft augmentation literature has lately received ; and from ...
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... whofe dark streams his flowery islands lave , And chalky Wey , that rolls a milky wave : * Ver . 324 . + Ver . 48 . 1 Ver . 333 . The The blue transparent Vandalis appears ; The gulphy Lee his AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 25.
... whofe dark streams his flowery islands lave , And chalky Wey , that rolls a milky wave : * Ver . 324 . + Ver . 48 . 1 Ver . 333 . The The blue transparent Vandalis appears ; The gulphy Lee his AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 25.
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... whofe greatest beauty is that hinted above , a fimple enumeration of the appearances of nature , and of what is actually to be feen at fuch a time . They are not unworthy the correct and pure Tibullus . They were writ- ten by the late ...
... whofe greatest beauty is that hinted above , a fimple enumeration of the appearances of nature , and of what is actually to be feen at fuch a time . They are not unworthy the correct and pure Tibullus . They were writ- ten by the late ...
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