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... occafion , com- pare two paffages from Theocritus and Ovid upon the fame fubject . The Cyclops , in the former , addreffes Galatea with compa- risons , natural , obvious , and drawn from his fituation . Ω λευκα Γαλάτεια , τι τον φιλε ...
... occafion , com- pare two paffages from Theocritus and Ovid upon the fame fubject . The Cyclops , in the former , addreffes Galatea with compa- risons , natural , obvious , and drawn from his fituation . Ω λευκα Γαλάτεια , τι τον φιλε ...
Page 163
... occafion , " I have taught him to rhyme with difficulty . " 36. No place fo facred from fuch fops is barr'd , Nor is Paul's church more fafe than Paul's church- yard ; Nay , fly to altars ; there they'll talk you dead : For fools rufh ...
... occafion , " I have taught him to rhyme with difficulty . " 36. No place fo facred from fuch fops is barr'd , Nor is Paul's church more fafe than Paul's church- yard ; Nay , fly to altars ; there they'll talk you dead : For fools rufh ...
Page 298
... occafion for the most tender fentiments , and the most sudden and violent turns of paffion to be difplayed . Ovid ... occafions . Such a comparison would abundantly manifeft , the FANCY and WIT of Ovid , and the JUDGMENT and NATURE of ...
... occafion for the most tender fentiments , and the most sudden and violent turns of paffion to be difplayed . Ovid ... occafions . Such a comparison would abundantly manifeft , the FANCY and WIT of Ovid , and the JUDGMENT and NATURE of ...
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