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... wrote in Sicily . The climate of Sicily was delicious , and the face of the country vari ous , and beautiful : it's vallies and it's pre- cipices , it's grottos and cafcades were SWEET- LY INTERCHANGED , and it's flowers and fruits were ...
... wrote in Sicily . The climate of Sicily was delicious , and the face of the country vari ous , and beautiful : it's vallies and it's pre- cipices , it's grottos and cafcades were SWEET- LY INTERCHANGED , and it's flowers and fruits were ...
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... more propriety , I will not write a mufic- ode * after Alexander's Feaft , which the * He wrote this Ode at the request of Steele . variety variety and harmony of its numbers , and the beauty 50 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS J.
... more propriety , I will not write a mufic- ode * after Alexander's Feaft , which the * He wrote this Ode at the request of Steele . variety variety and harmony of its numbers , and the beauty 50 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS J.
Page 90
... wrote the fol- lowing line , D'arbitres de la paix , de foudres de la guerre ; without knowing it was in Malherbe ; and the moment I am making this remark , re- collect that the fame thing happened to M. Furetire . I have often heard ...
... wrote the fol- lowing line , D'arbitres de la paix , de foudres de la guerre ; without knowing it was in Malherbe ; and the moment I am making this remark , re- collect that the fame thing happened to M. Furetire . I have often heard ...
Page 95
... wrote an elegy on the lady Anne Pawlet , Marchioness of Winton ; the beginning of * See the Adventurer , No. 63 , where other borrowed paffages are pointed out , particularly from Pafcal , Charron , and Woolefton . which POPE seems to ...
... wrote an elegy on the lady Anne Pawlet , Marchioness of Winton ; the beginning of * See the Adventurer , No. 63 , where other borrowed paffages are pointed out , particularly from Pafcal , Charron , and Woolefton . which POPE seems to ...
Page 96
... wrote the following : From shelves to shelves , fee greedy Vulcan roll , And lick up all their physic of the foul † ; Thus Jonfon , fpeaking of a parcel of books , These , hadft thou pleas'd either to dine or fup , Had made a meale for ...
... wrote the following : From shelves to shelves , fee greedy Vulcan roll , And lick up all their physic of the foul † ; Thus Jonfon , fpeaking of a parcel of books , These , hadft thou pleas'd either to dine or fup , Had made a meale for ...
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