The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series Edited with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 8Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 - English poetry |
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... mind but disgust and horrour . Of the Battle of the Summer Islands , it seems not easy to say , whether it is intended to raise terrour or merriment . The beginning is too splendid for jest , and the conclusion too light for seriousness ...
... mind but disgust and horrour . Of the Battle of the Summer Islands , it seems not easy to say , whether it is intended to raise terrour or merriment . The beginning is too splendid for jest , and the conclusion too light for seriousness ...
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... mind than things themselves afford . This effect proceeds from the display of those parts of nature which attract , and the concealment of those which repel , the imagination : but religion must be shown as it is ; suppression and ...
... mind than things themselves afford . This effect proceeds from the display of those parts of nature which attract , and the concealment of those which repel , the imagination : but religion must be shown as it is ; suppression and ...
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... minds : but nought can add to her , Whom Heaven , and her transcendent thoughts , have plac'd Above those ills which ... mind : Which holds resemblance with those spotless skies , Where flowing Nilus want of rain supplies ; That crystal ...
... minds : but nought can add to her , Whom Heaven , and her transcendent thoughts , have plac'd Above those ills which ... mind : Which holds resemblance with those spotless skies , Where flowing Nilus want of rain supplies ; That crystal ...
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... mind Never put on that sweet extreme ! Fair Dream ! if thou intend'st me grace , Change that heavenly face of thine ; Paint despis'd love in thy face , And make it to appear like mine . Pale , wan , and meagre , let it look , With a ...
... mind Never put on that sweet extreme ! Fair Dream ! if thou intend'st me grace , Change that heavenly face of thine ; Paint despis'd love in thy face , And make it to appear like mine . Pale , wan , and meagre , let it look , With a ...
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... mind At once were lofty , and at once were kind , There dwelt the scorn of vice , and pity too , For those that did what she disdain'd to do : So gentle and severe , that what was bad , At once her hatred , and her pardon had . Gracious ...
... mind At once were lofty , and at once were kind , There dwelt the scorn of vice , and pity too , For those that did what she disdain'd to do : So gentle and severe , that what was bad , At once her hatred , and her pardon had . Gracious ...
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