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Page viii
... manner to pe- rufe the paffage . If there be really in it a true poetical fpirit , all your inversions and transpositions will not disguise and extinguish it ; but it will recain its luftre , like a diamond , un- fet , and thrown back ...
... manner to pe- rufe the paffage . If there be really in it a true poetical fpirit , all your inversions and transpositions will not disguise and extinguish it ; but it will recain its luftre , like a diamond , un- fet , and thrown back ...
Page 31
... manner as the real fight of such scenes and prospects is apt to give the mind a composed turn , and incline it to thoughts and contempla- tions that have a relation to the object . This is the great charm of the incomparable ELEGY ...
... manner as the real fight of such scenes and prospects is apt to give the mind a composed turn , and incline it to thoughts and contempla- tions that have a relation to the object . This is the great charm of the incomparable ELEGY ...
Page 352
... manner of treating light and ridiculous subjects ; for whoever will attentively confider the noble poem of Palamon and Arcite , will be con- vinced that he equally excels in the pa- thetic and the fublime . It has been but lately proved ...
... manner of treating light and ridiculous subjects ; for whoever will attentively confider the noble poem of Palamon and Arcite , will be con- vinced that he equally excels in the pa- thetic and the fublime . It has been but lately proved ...
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