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Joseph Warton. bited in language equally mellifluous and pure ; but the defcriptions and fentiments are trite and common . THAT the design of paftoral poefy is , to represent the undisturbed felicity ... language equally mellifluous and ...
Joseph Warton. bited in language equally mellifluous and pure ; but the defcriptions and fentiments are trite and common . THAT the design of paftoral poefy is , to represent the undisturbed felicity ... language equally mellifluous and ...
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... language rough . But in the lines which mention the effort of Ajax , there is no particular heaviness or delay . The swiftnefs of Camilla is rather contrafted than exemplified . Why the verse should be lengthened to exprefs speed , will ...
... language rough . But in the lines which mention the effort of Ajax , there is no particular heaviness or delay . The swiftnefs of Camilla is rather contrafted than exemplified . Why the verse should be lengthened to exprefs speed , will ...
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... language grows , And like the tide , our work o'erflows . Chaucer his SENSE can only boaft , The glory of his numbers loft ! Years have defac'd his matchless strain , And yet HE DID NOT SING IN VAIN * . To fix a language has been found ...
... language grows , And like the tide , our work o'erflows . Chaucer his SENSE can only boaft , The glory of his numbers loft ! Years have defac'd his matchless strain , And yet HE DID NOT SING IN VAIN * . To fix a language has been found ...
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