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... EPISTLES on the Characters of men and women , and your sprightly fatires , my good friend , are more frequently perused , and quoted , than L'Allegro and Il Penfe- 9 Penferofo of Milton . Had you written only these vi DEDICATION . " ·
... EPISTLES on the Characters of men and women , and your sprightly fatires , my good friend , are more frequently perused , and quoted , than L'Allegro and Il Penfe- 9 Penferofo of Milton . Had you written only these vi DEDICATION . " ·
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... frequently fha- dows the kings and princes of the Gentiles , rejoice , and infult with reproaches the bro- ken power of their most implacable foe . She is at reft , the whole earth is quiet : they break forth into finging . Even the ...
... frequently fha- dows the kings and princes of the Gentiles , rejoice , and infult with reproaches the bro- ken power of their most implacable foe . She is at reft , the whole earth is quiet : they break forth into finging . Even the ...
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... frequent , but not confused ; are bold but not affected a free , lofty , and truly divine spirit predominates through the whole . Nor is any thing wanting to crown and complete the fublimity of this ode with abfolute beauty ; nor can ...
... frequent , but not confused ; are bold but not affected a free , lofty , and truly divine spirit predominates through the whole . Nor is any thing wanting to crown and complete the fublimity of this ode with abfolute beauty ; nor can ...
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... frequently wondered , that he fhould have omitted the opportunity of defcribing at length it's vene- rable ancient caftle , and the fruitful and ex- tenfive profpects which it commands . He flides with dexterity and addrefs from speak ...
... frequently wondered , that he fhould have omitted the opportunity of defcribing at length it's vene- rable ancient caftle , and the fruitful and ex- tenfive profpects which it commands . He flides with dexterity and addrefs from speak ...
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... frequently fteals imperceptibly , in his little defcriptive poem entitled GRONGAR HILL , where he difpofes * By the epithet GRAVES Virgil infinuates , after his manner , the difficulty and laboriousness of the work . every object so as ...
... frequently fteals imperceptibly , in his little defcriptive poem entitled GRONGAR HILL , where he difpofes * By the epithet GRAVES Virgil infinuates , after his manner , the difficulty and laboriousness of the work . every object so as ...
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