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Page 63
... mention of this pathetic air , reminds me of a story of the celebrated Lully , who having been one day accused of never fetting any thing to mafic , but the languid verses of Quinault , was immediately animated with the reproach , and ...
... mention of this pathetic air , reminds me of a story of the celebrated Lully , who having been one day accused of never fetting any thing to mafic , but the languid verses of Quinault , was immediately animated with the reproach , and ...
Page 323
... improper for a perfon in the fituation of Eloifa to mention Cupid ; mythology is • V. 73 . V. 81 . + Epift . i . Heloiff . pag . 49 . § V. 75 . Y 2 here here out of its place . The letters also fur- AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 323.
... improper for a perfon in the fituation of Eloifa to mention Cupid ; mythology is • V. 73 . V. 81 . + Epift . i . Heloiff . pag . 49 . § V. 75 . Y 2 here here out of its place . The letters also fur- AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 323.
Page 401
... mention of his parents , which reach to the jects have fo much horror in them , that they cannot be pre- fented with too much hafte and rapidity to the imagina- tion . " - Such false 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- fented with too much hafte and rapidity to the imagina- tion . " - Such false delicacy and refinement have rendered fome of the ...
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