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Page 105
... same temperament , and the fame fenfibility that makes a poet or a painter , will be apt to make a man a lover and a debauchee . PoOPE → was happily secured from these common fail- ings , the bane of fo many others , by ings , AND ...
... same temperament , and the fame fenfibility that makes a poet or a painter , will be apt to make a man a lover and a debauchee . PoOPE → was happily secured from these common fail- ings , the bane of fo many others , by ings , AND ...
Page 144
... same subject after such a descrip- tion , yet Akenfide has ventured , and nobly fucceeded . Mark , how the dread PANTHEON ftands , Amid the domes of modern hands ! Amid the toys of idle ftate , How fimply , how feverely great ! Then ...
... same subject after such a descrip- tion , yet Akenfide has ventured , and nobly fucceeded . Mark , how the dread PANTHEON ftands , Amid the domes of modern hands ! Amid the toys of idle ftate , How fimply , how feverely great ! Then ...
Page 157
... same subject . More cannot be by mortal art exprefs'd , But venerable age fhall add the rest : ; For Time fhall with his ready pencil ftand , Retouch your figures with his ripening hand Mellow your colours , and imbrown the tint , Add ...
... same subject . More cannot be by mortal art exprefs'd , But venerable age fhall add the rest : ; For Time fhall with his ready pencil ftand , Retouch your figures with his ripening hand Mellow your colours , and imbrown the tint , Add ...
Page 167
... same time , as pure and as finished as that of Racine ; but it is not preserved in this degree of beauty ; and that of Racine is always equally fupported . XI . Authors inferior to Racine have written fuccessfully after him , in his own ...
... same time , as pure and as finished as that of Racine ; but it is not preserved in this degree of beauty ; and that of Racine is always equally fupported . XI . Authors inferior to Racine have written fuccessfully after him , in his own ...
Page 264
... same na- ture ; and perhaps the Inferno of Dante is the next compofition to the Iliad , in point of originality and fublimity . And with regard to the Pathetic , let this tale ftand a teftimony of his abilities : for my own part , I ...
... same na- ture ; and perhaps the Inferno of Dante is the next compofition to the Iliad , in point of originality and fublimity . And with regard to the Pathetic , let this tale ftand a teftimony of his abilities : for my own part , I ...
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