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Page 106
... lively , the paffions will be ftrong . True genius feldom refides in a cold and phlegmatic conftitution . The fame temperament , and the same sensibility that makes a poet or a painter , will be apt to make a man a lover and a debauchee ...
... lively , the paffions will be ftrong . True genius feldom refides in a cold and phlegmatic conftitution . The fame temperament , and the same sensibility that makes a poet or a painter , will be apt to make a man a lover and a debauchee ...
Page 276
... lively and original imagery , ftrong painting , and man- • Tickle has ridiculously marked the author's age to be but twenty - two and twenty - feven ; as if these verses were extraordinary efforts at that age ! To thefe however Ad ...
... lively and original imagery , ftrong painting , and man- • Tickle has ridiculously marked the author's age to be but twenty - two and twenty - feven ; as if these verses were extraordinary efforts at that age ! To thefe however Ad ...
Page 360
... lively and appropriated , especially . the words , pale , unfelt , impassive , incum- bent , gathered . 3. There great Alcides , ftooping with his toil , Rests on his club , and holds th ' Hefperian spoil Þ IT were to be wifhed , that ...
... lively and appropriated , especially . the words , pale , unfelt , impassive , incum- bent , gathered . 3. There great Alcides , ftooping with his toil , Rests on his club , and holds th ' Hefperian spoil Þ IT were to be wifhed , that ...
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