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... mention the latter end of king William , and the reign of queen Anne . 34. With mean complacence ne'er betray your truft , Nor be fo civil as to prove unjust * . OUR poet practifed this excellent pre- cept , in his conduct towards ...
... mention the latter end of king William , and the reign of queen Anne . 34. With mean complacence ne'er betray your truft , Nor be fo civil as to prove unjust * . OUR poet practifed this excellent pre- cept , in his conduct towards ...
Page 361
... in common speech , use the name of the workman , in- * Luxuriatque toris animofum pectus . t V. 30 . I Virg . Georg . lib . iii . ver . 81 . teac ftead of the work ? To mention the Hef perian AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 361.
... in common speech , use the name of the workman , in- * Luxuriatque toris animofum pectus . t V. 30 . I Virg . Georg . lib . iii . ver . 81 . teac ftead of the work ? To mention the Hef perian AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 361.
Page 401
... mention of his parents , which reach to the jects have fo much horror in them , that they cannot be pre- sented with too much haste and rapidity to the imagina- tion . " - Such falfe delicacy and refinement have rendered fome of the ...
... mention of his parents , which reach to the jects have fo much horror in them , that they cannot be pre- sented with too much haste and rapidity to the imagina- tion . " - Such falfe delicacy and refinement have rendered fome of the ...
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