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... appears A wondrous tree , that facred monarchs bears ? With what propriety could the tree , whose shade protected the king , be faid to be pro- lific of princes ? THAT POPE has not equalled Theo- critus , will indeed appear lefs ...
... appears A wondrous tree , that facred monarchs bears ? With what propriety could the tree , whose shade protected the king , be faid to be pro- lific of princes ? THAT POPE has not equalled Theo- critus , will indeed appear lefs ...
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... appear , Still we tread the fame coarse way , The prefent's still a cloudy day . THE unexpected infertion of fuch reflec- tions , imparts to us the fame pleasure that we feel , when in wandering through a wil- dernefs or grove , we ...
... appear , Still we tread the fame coarse way , The prefent's still a cloudy day . THE unexpected infertion of fuch reflec- tions , imparts to us the fame pleasure that we feel , when in wandering through a wil- dernefs or grove , we ...
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... appear too general and indiftinct , and the laft line conveys no new idea to the mind . The following picture in Shaftesbury , on the fame fort of fubject , appears to be more full and ftriking . " Beneath the moun- tain's foot , the ...
... appear too general and indiftinct , and the laft line conveys no new idea to the mind . The following picture in Shaftesbury , on the fame fort of fubject , appears to be more full and ftriking . " Beneath the moun- tain's foot , the ...
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