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Page 119
... rare affemblage of different talents . All that I can at present recollect who have at • Effay concerning Human Understanding , ch . x . fect . 5 . I 4 once once enjoyed , in full vigour , a fublime and AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 119.
... rare affemblage of different talents . All that I can at present recollect who have at • Effay concerning Human Understanding , ch . x . fect . 5 . I 4 once once enjoyed , in full vigour , a fublime and AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 119.
Page 143
... once is bold , and regular * . THIS is justly and elegantly expreffed ; and though it may feem ' difficult to speak of the fame fubject after such a descrip- tion , yet Akenside has ventured , and nobly fucceeded . Mark , how the dread ...
... once is bold , and regular * . THIS is justly and elegantly expreffed ; and though it may feem ' difficult to speak of the fame fubject after such a descrip- tion , yet Akenside has ventured , and nobly fucceeded . Mark , how the dread ...
Page 341
... once , and learn of me , to die ! She adds , that it will be fome confolation to behold him once more , tho ' even in the ago- nies of death , • The words printed in Italics ought to be looked on as particularly beautiful . Ah then ! thy ...
... once , and learn of me , to die ! She adds , that it will be fome confolation to behold him once more , tho ' even in the ago- nies of death , • The words printed in Italics ought to be looked on as particularly beautiful . Ah then ! thy ...
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