The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, 2. köideGregg, 1969 |
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Page 180
... fince it is brought in aid of it to recommend virtue , and difcountenance vice . Now , granting this affinity , fuppofe , that after a clergyman has made a ferious and affecting difcourfe , the clerk fhould impertinently ftart up , and ...
... fince it is brought in aid of it to recommend virtue , and difcountenance vice . Now , granting this affinity , fuppofe , that after a clergyman has made a ferious and affecting difcourfe , the clerk fhould impertinently ftart up , and ...
Page 222
... fince Hector lies On the bare beach , depriv'd of obfequies . O give me Hector ! to my eyes restore His corfe , and take the gifts : I ask no more . Thou , as thou may'it , thefe boundless ftores enjoy ; Safe may'ft thou fail , and turn ...
... fince Hector lies On the bare beach , depriv'd of obfequies . O give me Hector ! to my eyes restore His corfe , and take the gifts : I ask no more . Thou , as thou may'it , thefe boundless ftores enjoy ; Safe may'ft thou fail , and turn ...
Page 247
... fince thou tread'it our hofpitable thore , ' Tis mine to bid the wretched grieve no more , To clothe the naked , and thy way to guide . Know , the Phæacian tribes this land divide ; From great Alcinous ' royal loins Ifpring , A happy ...
... fince thou tread'it our hofpitable thore , ' Tis mine to bid the wretched grieve no more , To clothe the naked , and thy way to guide . Know , the Phæacian tribes this land divide ; From great Alcinous ' royal loins Ifpring , A happy ...
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