An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... seem , on the spot , and worthy the hand of Paul Brill , is by no means excelled by the foregoing . Qua nudo Rosamonda humilis fub culmine tecti Marmoris obfcuri servat inane decus , Rara intermiss¿ circum vestigia molis , Et sola in ...
... seem , on the spot , and worthy the hand of Paul Brill , is by no means excelled by the foregoing . Qua nudo Rosamonda humilis fub culmine tecti Marmoris obfcuri servat inane decus , Rara intermiss¿ circum vestigia molis , Et sola in ...
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... seem ; So we mistake the future's face Ey'd through Hope's deluding glass . As yon fummits soft and fair , Clad in colours of the air , Which to those who journey near , Barren and brown and rough appear , Still we tread the same coarse ...
... seem ; So we mistake the future's face Ey'd through Hope's deluding glass . As yon fummits soft and fair , Clad in colours of the air , Which to those who journey near , Barren and brown and rough appear , Still we tread the same coarse ...
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... seems was of opinion , that descriptive poetry is a composition as absurd as a feast made up of fauces : and I know many other persons that think meanly of it . I will not presume to say it is equal , either in dignity or utility , to ...
... seems was of opinion , that descriptive poetry is a composition as absurd as a feast made up of fauces : and I know many other persons that think meanly of it . I will not presume to say it is equal , either in dignity or utility , to ...
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... seems owing to. Un prêtre environné d ' une foule cruelle Portera fur ma fille une main criminelle , Dechirera son sein , et d'un œil curieux , Dans son cœur palpitant consultera les dieux . One of the company has often declared that ...
... seems owing to. Un prêtre environné d ' une foule cruelle Portera fur ma fille une main criminelle , Dechirera son sein , et d'un œil curieux , Dans son cœur palpitant consultera les dieux . One of the company has often declared that ...
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Joseph Warton. ents , as the ODE ; which seems owing to the harshness and untuneableness of modern languages , abounding in monofyllables , and crowded with confonants . This particularly is the cafe of the English , whose original is ...
Joseph Warton. ents , as the ODE ; which seems owing to the harshness and untuneableness of modern languages , abounding in monofyllables , and crowded with confonants . This particularly is the cafe of the English , whose original is ...
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