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... whole , the principal merit of the PASTORALS of POPE confifts , in their correct and mufical verfification ; musical , to a degree of which rhyme could hardly be thought capable : and in giving the firft fpe- cimen of that harmony in ...
... whole , the principal merit of the PASTORALS of POPE confifts , in their correct and mufical verfification ; musical , to a degree of which rhyme could hardly be thought capable : and in giving the firft fpe- cimen of that harmony in ...
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... whole earth is quiet : they break forth into finging . Even the firs rejoice at thee , the cedars of Libanus : Since thou art laid low , no feller is come up against us . There follows a most daring profopopeia of ORCUS , or the ...
... whole earth is quiet : they break forth into finging . Even the firs rejoice at thee , the cedars of Libanus : Since thou art laid low , no feller is come up against us . There follows a most daring profopopeia of ORCUS , or the ...
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... whole . Nor is any thing wanting to crown and complete the fublimity of this ode with absolute beauty ; nor can the Greek or Roman poefy pro- duce any thing that is fimilar , or fecond , to this ode * " * Prælect , xiii . pag . 121 . IT ...
... whole . Nor is any thing wanting to crown and complete the fublimity of this ode with absolute beauty ; nor can the Greek or Roman poefy pro- duce any thing that is fimilar , or fecond , to this ode * " * Prælect , xiii . pag . 121 . IT ...
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... whole , from the numberlefs ftrokes of nature in which it abounds , one of the most captivating and amusing in our language , and which , as its beauties are not of a tranfitory kind , as de- pending on particular customs and manners ...
... whole , from the numberlefs ftrokes of nature in which it abounds , one of the most captivating and amusing in our language , and which , as its beauties are not of a tranfitory kind , as de- pending on particular customs and manners ...
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... whole fands of the defart , he finishes his picture by adding that , - In Cairo's crouded streets tɔ Th ' impatient merchant , wondering waits in vain , And Mecca faddens at the long delay . And thus , laftly , in defcribing the ...
... whole fands of the defart , he finishes his picture by adding that , - In Cairo's crouded streets tɔ Th ' impatient merchant , wondering waits in vain , And Mecca faddens at the long delay . And thus , laftly , in defcribing the ...
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