The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... faithfully pub- lifhed from Copies which had been prepared by him- felf for publication . That the principal Poem should appear in fo difad- vantageous a state , may require fome explanation . The first publication of it was at a very ...
... faithfully pub- lifhed from Copies which had been prepared by him- felf for publication . That the principal Poem should appear in fo difad- vantageous a state , may require fome explanation . The first publication of it was at a very ...
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... faithful aim have we prefum'd , Adventurous , to delineate nature's form ; . Whether in vaft , majestic pomp array'd , Or dreft for pleafing wonder , or ferene In beauty's rofy smile .. It now remains , Through various being's fair ...
... faithful aim have we prefum'd , Adventurous , to delineate nature's form ; . Whether in vaft , majestic pomp array'd , Or dreft for pleafing wonder , or ferene In beauty's rofy smile .. It now remains , Through various being's fair ...
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... faithful dogs with eager airs of joy Salute their fellows . Thus doth beauty dwell There moft confpicuous , even in outward shape , Where dawns the high expreffion of a mind : By steps conducting our inraptur'd fearch 455 460 465 479 ...
... faithful dogs with eager airs of joy Salute their fellows . Thus doth beauty dwell There moft confpicuous , even in outward shape , Where dawns the high expreffion of a mind : By steps conducting our inraptur'd fearch 455 460 465 479 ...
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... , raises the majestic fword Of public power , from dark ambition's reach 565 To guard the facred volume of the laws . Genius of ancient Greece ! whofe faithful steps Well - Genius PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION , Book I. 31.
... , raises the majestic fword Of public power , from dark ambition's reach 565 To guard the facred volume of the laws . Genius of ancient Greece ! whofe faithful steps Well - Genius PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION , Book I. 31.
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With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Samuel Johnson. Genius of ancient Greece ! whofe faithful steps Well - pleas'd I follow through the facred paths Of nature and of fcience ; nurfe divine Of all heroic deeds and fair defires ! O ...
With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Samuel Johnson. Genius of ancient Greece ! whofe faithful steps Well - pleas'd I follow through the facred paths Of nature and of fcience ; nurfe divine Of all heroic deeds and fair defires ! O ...
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