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... most exqui- fite parts of this poem . That which fol- lows from the " Dum juga montis aper , " of Virgil , contains fome of the most artful Obferve the many periphrases , and uncommon appel- lations , POPE has used for Sciffars , which ...
... most exqui- fite parts of this poem . That which fol- lows from the " Dum juga montis aper , " of Virgil , contains fome of the most artful Obferve the many periphrases , and uncommon appel- lations , POPE has used for Sciffars , which ...
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... most handsome , cas well as most learned man , of his time ; according to the kind of learning then oin vogue . An old chronicle , quoted By Printed at the Hague , 1693 . + He was born at Palais near Nantes in Britanny , at the ...
... most handsome , cas well as most learned man , of his time ; according to the kind of learning then oin vogue . An old chronicle , quoted By Printed at the Hague , 1693 . + He was born at Palais near Nantes in Britanny , at the ...
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... most natural strokes in a poem that most abounds with them , the Odyssey , is to such judges a fund of ridicule . They mu ? needs nau- feate the scenes that lie in Eumeus's cottage , and despise the coarse ideas of fo ill - bred a ...
... most natural strokes in a poem that most abounds with them , the Odyssey , is to such judges a fund of ridicule . They mu ? needs nau- feate the scenes that lie in Eumeus's cottage , and despise the coarse ideas of fo ill - bred a ...
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