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... with the fear of being ridiculous . If he is made to hope he may please the world , he falls under very un- lucky circumstances : for from the moment he A 4 prints , prints , he must expect to hear no more truth PREFACE . 7.
... with the fear of being ridiculous . If he is made to hope he may please the world , he falls under very un- lucky circumstances : for from the moment he A 4 prints , prints , he must expect to hear no more truth PREFACE . 7.
Page xxv
... fall of Troy . The wond'rous fong with rapture they rehearse ; Then ask who wrought that miracle of verse ? He answer'd with a frown ; " I now reveal " A truth , that Envy bids me not conceal ; " Retiring frequent to this Laureat vale ...
... fall of Troy . The wond'rous fong with rapture they rehearse ; Then ask who wrought that miracle of verse ? He answer'd with a frown ; " I now reveal " A truth , that Envy bids me not conceal ; " Retiring frequent to this Laureat vale ...
Page xxxiv
... Fall'n is their Glory , and their Virtue loft ; From Tyrants , and from Priests , the Mufes fly , Daughters of Reafon and of Liberty . Nor Baia now , nor Umbria's plain they love , Nor on the banks of Nar , or Mincio rove ; 5 10 1 Το To ...
... Fall'n is their Glory , and their Virtue loft ; From Tyrants , and from Priests , the Mufes fly , Daughters of Reafon and of Liberty . Nor Baia now , nor Umbria's plain they love , Nor on the banks of Nar , or Mincio rove ; 5 10 1 Το To ...
Page xxxv
... falling leaves complain Of gloomy winter's unauspicious reign , No tuneful voice is heard of joy or love , But mournful filence faddens all the grove . Unhappy Italy ! whofe alter'd ftate Has felt the worit severity of Fate : Not that ...
... falling leaves complain Of gloomy winter's unauspicious reign , No tuneful voice is heard of joy or love , But mournful filence faddens all the grove . Unhappy Italy ! whofe alter'd ftate Has felt the worit severity of Fate : Not that ...
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... are not paftoral in themselves , but only feem to be fuch ; they have a wonderful variety in them , which the Greek was a stranger to . He exceeds him in regularity regularity and brevity , and falls fhort of him in 22 A DISCOURSE ON.
... are not paftoral in themselves , but only feem to be fuch ; they have a wonderful variety in them , which the Greek was a stranger to . He exceeds him in regularity regularity and brevity , and falls fhort of him in 22 A DISCOURSE ON.
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