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... those who appear such out of fashion , and not of feeling ? SWIFT's rhapfody on poetry is far more popular than Akenfide's noble ode to lord Huntingdon . The EPISTLES on the Characters of men and women , and your sprightly fatires , my ...
... those who appear such out of fashion , and not of feeling ? SWIFT's rhapfody on poetry is far more popular than Akenfide's noble ode to lord Huntingdon . The EPISTLES on the Characters of men and women , and your sprightly fatires , my ...
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... flowers and fruits were lavish and luscious . The poet defcribed what he faw and felt : and had ro need to have recourfe to those artificial affemblages B 2 1 affemblages of pleafing objects , which are * not to AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 3.
... flowers and fruits were lavish and luscious . The poet defcribed what he faw and felt : and had ro need to have recourfe to those artificial affemblages B 2 1 affemblages of pleafing objects , which are * not to AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 3.
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... those fair fields where facred Ifis glides , Or else where Cam his winding vales divides t Where were ye , nymphs , when the remorseless deep Clos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep Where ...
... those fair fields where facred Ifis glides , Or else where Cam his winding vales divides t Where were ye , nymphs , when the remorseless deep Clos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep Where ...
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... those very beautiful , perfonifi- cations . The fong begins with a fudden exclamation of the Jews , expreffing their joy and wonder at the unexpected change of their condition , and death of the tyrant . Earth with her inhabitants ...
... those very beautiful , perfonifi- cations . The fong begins with a fudden exclamation of the Jews , expreffing their joy and wonder at the unexpected change of their condition , and death of the tyrant . Earth with her inhabitants ...
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... those who find his body , and lastly Jehovah himself , all speaking in order ; and behold them acting their several parts , as it were in a drama . One continued action is carried on ; or rather a various and manifold series of ...
... those who find his body , and lastly Jehovah himself , all speaking in order ; and behold them acting their several parts , as it were in a drama . One continued action is carried on ; or rather a various and manifold series of ...
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