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... thefe pieces arifes fingly from this unfortunate paffion , carried to an extreme * . GREATER paffions were the conftant fub- jects of the Grecian ; the TENDERER paf- fions of the French and English theatres . Terror reigned in the ...
... thefe pieces arifes fingly from this unfortunate paffion , carried to an extreme * . GREATER paffions were the conftant fub- jects of the Grecian ; the TENDERER paf- fions of the French and English theatres . Terror reigned in the ...
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Joseph Warton. In thefe lone walls , ( their days eternal bound ) Thefe mofs - grown domes with fpiry turrets crown'd , Where awful arches make the noonday night , And the dim windows fhed a folemn light ; Thy eyes diffus'd a reconciling ...
Joseph Warton. In thefe lone walls , ( their days eternal bound ) Thefe mofs - grown domes with fpiry turrets crown'd , Where awful arches make the noonday night , And the dim windows fhed a folemn light ; Thy eyes diffus'd a reconciling ...
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Joseph Warton. In thefe beautiful verfes we must admire the postures of Zamolxis and Odin , which exactly point out the characters of thefe fa- mous legiflators , and inftructors , of the . Northern nations . As expreffive , and as much ...
Joseph Warton. In thefe beautiful verfes we must admire the postures of Zamolxis and Odin , which exactly point out the characters of thefe fa- mous legiflators , and inftructors , of the . Northern nations . As expreffive , and as much ...
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