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... formed in the manner of funeral lamentations : How art thou fallen from heaven , O Lucifer , fon of the morning ! Thou art dashed down to the earth , thou that didst crush the nations ! They They next represent the king himself speak ...
... formed in the manner of funeral lamentations : How art thou fallen from heaven , O Lucifer , fon of the morning ! Thou art dashed down to the earth , thou that didst crush the nations ! They They next represent the king himself speak ...
Page 152
... formed , that Addison was fo extremely nice in polishing his profe compofitions , that , when almost a whole impreffion of a Spec- tator was worked off , he would stop the press , to insert a new prepofition or con- junction . 27. Soft ...
... formed , that Addison was fo extremely nice in polishing his profe compofitions , that , when almost a whole impreffion of a Spec- tator was worked off , he would stop the press , to insert a new prepofition or con- junction . 27. Soft ...
Page 200
... formed his tafte . Boileau's chief talent was the DIDACTIC . His fancy was not the predominant faculty of his mind . Fontenelle has thus cha- racterised him . " Il étoit grand & ex- cellent verfificateur , pourvû cependant que cette ...
... formed his tafte . Boileau's chief talent was the DIDACTIC . His fancy was not the predominant faculty of his mind . Fontenelle has thus cha- racterised him . " Il étoit grand & ex- cellent verfificateur , pourvû cependant que cette ...
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