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... introducing wolves into Eng- land . But on this principle , which is cer- tainly a just one , may it not be asked , why he should speak , the scene lying in Windfor- Idyll . i . ver . 1 . + Paft . iv . ver . 1 . B 3 ↑ Paft . ii ...
... introducing wolves into Eng- land . But on this principle , which is cer- tainly a just one , may it not be asked , why he should speak , the scene lying in Windfor- Idyll . i . ver . 1 . + Paft . iv . ver . 1 . B 3 ↑ Paft . ii ...
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... introduction of Cam and Ifis , as feats of the Muses . THEOCRITUS , Idyll . i . 66. + POPE , Paft . ii . 24. MILTON . A SHEP- B 4 A SHEPHERD in Theocritus wishes with much tenderness and elegance AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 7.
... introduction of Cam and Ifis , as feats of the Muses . THEOCRITUS , Idyll . i . 66. + POPE , Paft . ii . 24. MILTON . A SHEP- B 4 A SHEPHERD in Theocritus wishes with much tenderness and elegance AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 7.
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... introducing the following circumstance : the prophet fays , " The parched ground shall " become a pool ; " Our author expreffes this idea by faying , that the shepherd , fhall START amid the thirfty wild to hear New falls of water ...
... introducing the following circumstance : the prophet fays , " The parched ground shall " become a pool ; " Our author expreffes this idea by faying , that the shepherd , fhall START amid the thirfty wild to hear New falls of water ...
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Joseph Warton. enough ; a new character is immediately formed Thofe are introduced who found the body of the king of Babylon cast out : they furvey it closely and attentively , and at laft hardly know it . Is this the man who made earth ...
Joseph Warton. enough ; a new character is immediately formed Thofe are introduced who found the body of the king of Babylon cast out : they furvey it closely and attentively , and at laft hardly know it . Is this the man who made earth ...
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... introduced . Yet I have 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 ...
... introduced . Yet I have 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 ...
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