The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Broome, Pope, Pitt, ThomsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... turn our thoughts from the words to the sentiments , and make them more easy and intelligible . A skill in verbal criticism is in reality but a skill in guessing , and consequently he is the best critic who guesses best : a mighty ...
... turn our thoughts from the words to the sentiments , and make them more easy and intelligible . A skill in verbal criticism is in reality but a skill in guessing , and consequently he is the best critic who guesses best : a mighty ...
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... turns , From graves the midnight Echo mourns . Open thy marble jaws , O Tomb , Though earth conceal me in thy womb ! And you , ye worms , this frame confound , Ye brother reptiles of the ground ! O life , frail offspring of a day ...
... turns , From graves the midnight Echo mourns . Open thy marble jaws , O Tomb , Though earth conceal me in thy womb ! And you , ye worms , this frame confound , Ye brother reptiles of the ground ! O life , frail offspring of a day ...
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... turns ; Gloomy he grasps his adamantine shield , And scatters armies o'er th ' ensanguin'd field : With delegated wrath thus Marlborough glows , In vengeance rushing on his country's foes . See ! round the hostile towers embattled ...
... turns ; Gloomy he grasps his adamantine shield , And scatters armies o'er th ' ensanguin'd field : With delegated wrath thus Marlborough glows , In vengeance rushing on his country's foes . See ! round the hostile towers embattled ...
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... turns , Keen flash his arms , and all the hero burns ; His plume nods horrible , his helm on high With cheeks of iron glares against the sky ; With martial stalk , and more than mortal might , He strides along , he meets the God in ...
... turns , Keen flash his arms , and all the hero burns ; His plume nods horrible , his helm on high With cheeks of iron glares against the sky ; With martial stalk , and more than mortal might , He strides along , he meets the God in ...
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... turns His step majestic : on his couch he found The hoary warrior ; all around him lay His arms , the shield , the spears , the radiant helm , And scarf of various dye : with these array'd , The reverend father to the field of Fame Led ...
... turns His step majestic : on his couch he found The hoary warrior ; all around him lay His arms , the shield , the spears , the radiant helm , And scarf of various dye : with these array'd , The reverend father to the field of Fame Led ...
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