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... is not intended as a complete ca- talogue of writers , and in their proper order , but only to mark out briefly the different fpecies of our celebrated au- thors thors . In which of these claffes POPE deferves to xii DEDICATION .
... is not intended as a complete ca- talogue of writers , and in their proper order , but only to mark out briefly the different fpecies of our celebrated au- thors thors . In which of these claffes POPE deferves to xii DEDICATION .
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... proper and interesting fubject for poetry than the former ; as fuch kinds of objects make the deepest impreffion on the mind : terror being a stronger fen fation than joy . Accordingly , a noble ode on the deftruction of Babylon , taken ...
... proper and interesting fubject for poetry than the former ; as fuch kinds of objects make the deepest impreffion on the mind : terror being a stronger fen fation than joy . Accordingly , a noble ode on the deftruction of Babylon , taken ...
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... proper element , recommend- ing integrity and fcience . He has no where difcovered more poetic enthusiasm , than where , speaking of the poets who lived or died near this spot , he breaks out , I feem through confecrated walks to rove ...
... proper element , recommend- ing integrity and fcience . He has no where difcovered more poetic enthusiasm , than where , speaking of the poets who lived or died near this spot , he breaks out , I feem through confecrated walks to rove ...
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... proper infignia and attributes . ENVY her own fnakes fhall feel * , And PERSECUTION mourn his broken wheel ; There FACTION roar , REBELLION bite her chain , And gafping FURIES thirst for blood in vain . 1 ° A PERSON of no fmall tank has ...
... proper infignia and attributes . ENVY her own fnakes fhall feel * , And PERSECUTION mourn his broken wheel ; There FACTION roar , REBELLION bite her chain , And gafping FURIES thirst for blood in vain . 1 ° A PERSON of no fmall tank has ...
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... proper regard to the age , or climate , or occafion in which they were for- merly used . Though the diction of the SEA- SONS is fometimes harsh and inharmonious , and fometimės turgid and obfcure , and though in many inftances , the ...
... proper regard to the age , or climate , or occafion in which they were for- merly used . Though the diction of the SEA- SONS is fometimes harsh and inharmonious , and fometimės turgid and obfcure , and though in many inftances , the ...
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