The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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Page 89
... race of French kings , the poets of Provence were in high reputation ; a fort of ftrolling bards or rhapfodifts , who went about the courts of princes and noblemen , entertain- ing them at feftivals with mufic and poetry . They ...
... race of French kings , the poets of Provence were in high reputation ; a fort of ftrolling bards or rhapfodifts , who went about the courts of princes and noblemen , entertain- ing them at feftivals with mufic and poetry . They ...
Page 132
... race prepar'd a different test 595 600 Of Beauty , own'd and reverenc'd as their guide 605 Moft apt , most faithful . Thence inform'd , they fcan The objects that furround them ; and select , Since the great whole disclaims their scanty ...
... race prepar'd a different test 595 600 Of Beauty , own'd and reverenc'd as their guide 605 Moft apt , most faithful . Thence inform'd , they fcan The objects that furround them ; and select , Since the great whole disclaims their scanty ...
Page 148
... race to act their Maker's part , Self - judging , felf - oblig'd : while , from before That godlike function , the gigantic power Neceffity , though wont to curb the force Of Chaos and the favage elements , Retires abafh'd , as from a ...
... race to act their Maker's part , Self - judging , felf - oblig'd : while , from before That godlike function , the gigantic power Neceffity , though wont to curb the force Of Chaos and the favage elements , Retires abafh'd , as from a ...
Page 156
... race of ills Which human kind rear up among themselves ; That horrid offspring which mifgovern'd will Bears to fantastic error ; vices , crimes , Furies that curfe the earth , and make the blows , The heaviest blows , of nature's ...
... race of ills Which human kind rear up among themselves ; That horrid offspring which mifgovern'd will Bears to fantastic error ; vices , crimes , Furies that curfe the earth , and make the blows , The heaviest blows , of nature's ...
Page 158
... race In gentleness together , and how sweet Their force , let fortune's wayward hand the while Be kind or cruel ? Afk the faithful youth Why the cold urn , of her whom long he lov'd , 615 So often fills his arms ; fo often draws His ...
... race In gentleness together , and how sweet Their force , let fortune's wayward hand the while Be kind or cruel ? Afk the faithful youth Why the cold urn , of her whom long he lov'd , 615 So often fills his arms ; fo often draws His ...
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