The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Samuel Johnson. AKENSIDE . Cook Saip . THE WORKS OF THE ENGLISH POET S. WITH PREFACES ,
With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Samuel Johnson. AKENSIDE . Cook Saip . THE WORKS OF THE ENGLISH POET S. WITH PREFACES ,
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With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Samuel Johnson. THE WORKS OF THE ENGLISH POET S. WITH PREFACES , BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL , BY SAMUEL JOHNSON . VOLUME THE FIFTY - FIFTH . LONDON : PRINTED BY J. RIVINGTON ; FOR C. BATHURST , J ...
With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Samuel Johnson. THE WORKS OF THE ENGLISH POET S. WITH PREFACES , BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL , BY SAMUEL JOHNSON . VOLUME THE FIFTY - FIFTH . LONDON : PRINTED BY J. RIVINGTON ; FOR C. BATHURST , J ...
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... poets , as it is refined by Virgil in the Georgics , and the familiar epistolary way of Horace . This latter has feveral advantages . It admits of a greater variety of ftile ; it more readily engages the generality of readers , as ...
... poets , as it is refined by Virgil in the Georgics , and the familiar epistolary way of Horace . This latter has feveral advantages . It admits of a greater variety of ftile ; it more readily engages the generality of readers , as ...
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... poets , who has fo happily applied this manner to the nobleft parts of philofophy , that the public taste is in a great measure formed to it alone . Yet , after all , the fubject before us , tending almost constantly to admiration and ...
... poets , who has fo happily applied this manner to the nobleft parts of philofophy , that the public taste is in a great measure formed to it alone . Yet , after all , the fubject before us , tending almost constantly to admiration and ...
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... poet's , or the painter's toil ; My verse unfolds . Attend , ye gentle powers Of mufical delight ! and while I fing Your gifts , your honours , dance around my strain . Thou , fmiling queen of every tuneful breast , Indulgent Fancy ...
... poet's , or the painter's toil ; My verse unfolds . Attend , ye gentle powers Of mufical delight ! and while I fing Your gifts , your honours , dance around my strain . Thou , fmiling queen of every tuneful breast , Indulgent Fancy ...
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