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... poet . As a politician , because it fo highly celebrated that treaty of peace which he deemed fo pernicious to the li ... poetry , to introduce moral Ver . 417. et feq . fen- fentences and inftructions in an oblique and indirect manner ...
... poet . As a politician , because it fo highly celebrated that treaty of peace which he deemed fo pernicious to the li ... poetry , to introduce moral Ver . 417. et feq . fen- fentences and inftructions in an oblique and indirect manner ...
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... poets in their refpective ages ; fo that in thefe compofitions , the historian , the mo- ralift , the politician , and the philofopher , máy , each of them , meet with abundant matter for reflection and obfervation . POETRY ter ; POETRY ...
... poets in their refpective ages ; fo that in thefe compofitions , the historian , the mo- ralift , the politician , and the philofopher , máy , each of them , meet with abundant matter for reflection and obfervation . POETRY ter ; POETRY ...
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... poetry , by an introduction of foreign man- ners , customs , images , and language . Thefe ancient ftrains were , however , fuf ficiently harsh , dry , and uncouth . And it was to the Italians we owed any thing that could be called poetry ...
... poetry , by an introduction of foreign man- ners , customs , images , and language . Thefe ancient ftrains were , however , fuf ficiently harsh , dry , and uncouth . And it was to the Italians we owed any thing that could be called poetry ...
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