The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... pains in life , and on that ac- count bears a great fhare in the influence of poetry and the other arts , it is therefore mentioned here and its effects defcribed . Then follows a general account of the production of these elegant arts ...
... pains in life , and on that ac- count bears a great fhare in the influence of poetry and the other arts , it is therefore mentioned here and its effects defcribed . Then follows a general account of the production of these elegant arts ...
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... pain , To hold his course unfaultering , while the voice Of truth and virtue , up the steep ascent Of nature , calls him to his high reward , 150 155 169 165 The applauding smile of heaven ? Elfe wherefore burns In mortal bofoms this ...
... pain , To hold his course unfaultering , while the voice Of truth and virtue , up the steep ascent Of nature , calls him to his high reward , 150 155 169 165 The applauding smile of heaven ? Elfe wherefore burns In mortal bofoms this ...
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... pain ! Or fhall I mention , where coeleftial Truth Her awful light difcloses , to beftow 95 A more majeftic pomp on Beauty's frame ? For man loves knowledge , and the beams of Truth 100 More welcome touch his understanding's eye , Than ...
... pain ! Or fhall I mention , where coeleftial Truth Her awful light difcloses , to beftow 95 A more majeftic pomp on Beauty's frame ? For man loves knowledge , and the beams of Truth 100 More welcome touch his understanding's eye , Than ...
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... pain or pleafure diffipating all Opinion's feeble coverings , and the veil Spun from the cobweb fashion of the times To hide the feeling heart ? Then nature speaks ' Her genuine language , and the words of men , Big with the very motion ...
... pain or pleafure diffipating all Opinion's feeble coverings , and the veil Spun from the cobweb fashion of the times To hide the feeling heart ? Then nature speaks ' Her genuine language , and the words of men , Big with the very motion ...
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... pain , The wretched heirs of evils not its own ! Thus I impatient ; when , at once effus'd , A flashing torrent of cœleftial day 1 215 220 1 225 Burst through the fhadowy void . With flow defcent A purple cloud came floating through the ...
... pain , The wretched heirs of evils not its own ! Thus I impatient ; when , at once effus'd , A flashing torrent of cœleftial day 1 215 220 1 225 Burst through the fhadowy void . With flow defcent A purple cloud came floating through the ...
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