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Page 63
... description of the fall of Darius , that immediately fucceeds the joyous praises of Bacchus . The symphony , and air particularly , that accompanies the four words , " fallen , fallen , fallen , fallen , " is strangely moving , and ...
... description of the fall of Darius , that immediately fucceeds the joyous praises of Bacchus . The symphony , and air particularly , that accompanies the four words , " fallen , fallen , fallen , fallen , " is strangely moving , and ...
Page 142
... description of Annibal paffing the Alps , in Livy , who is a great poet . 17. A perfect judge will read each word of wit , With the same spirit , that it's author writ † . To be able to judge of poetry , fays Vol- taire , a man must ...
... description of Annibal paffing the Alps , in Livy , who is a great poet . 17. A perfect judge will read each word of wit , With the same spirit , that it's author writ † . To be able to judge of poetry , fays Vol- taire , a man must ...
Page 169
... description of several governments , and particularly of Crete and Carthage , that otherwife would have been unknown . But of all his compofitions , his Rhetoric and Poetics are most excellent . No writer has fhewn a greater penetration ...
... description of several governments , and particularly of Crete and Carthage , that otherwife would have been unknown . But of all his compofitions , his Rhetoric and Poetics are most excellent . No writer has fhewn a greater penetration ...
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