An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... raised , and acts , and speaks , with becoming dignity . And though the trite and obvious infignia of a river god are attributed , yet there is one circumstance in his appearance highly picturesque , His fea - green mantle waving with ...
... raised , and acts , and speaks , with becoming dignity . And though the trite and obvious infignia of a river god are attributed , yet there is one circumstance in his appearance highly picturesque , His fea - green mantle waving with ...
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... raised by the poet , are ftill tending to fome hint , or leading into fome reflection , upon moral life , or political institution ; much in the fame manner as the real fight of such scenes and prospects is apt to give the mind a ...
... raised by the poet , are ftill tending to fome hint , or leading into fome reflection , upon moral life , or political institution ; much in the fame manner as the real fight of such scenes and prospects is apt to give the mind a ...
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... raised our pity from a motive of grati- tude ; but with this circumftance the tender * Ver . 525 . By the epithet GRAVES Virgil infinuates after his manner the difficulty and laborioufnefs of the work . Virgil was not content ; what he ...
... raised our pity from a motive of grati- tude ; but with this circumftance the tender * Ver . 525 . By the epithet GRAVES Virgil infinuates after his manner the difficulty and laborioufnefs of the work . Virgil was not content ; what he ...
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... raise and quell ! When Jubal struck the chorded shell , His lift'ning brethren stood around , And wond'ring on their faces fell , To worship that celeftial found : Less than a god they thought there could not dwell , Within the hollow ...
... raise and quell ! When Jubal struck the chorded shell , His lift'ning brethren stood around , And wond'ring on their faces fell , To worship that celeftial found : Less than a god they thought there could not dwell , Within the hollow ...
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... raised to reputa- " tion ; without much enquiry , whether his performances were not yet fufceptible of σε improvement . The excellencies and the " faults of celebrated writers have been << equally recommended to pofterity ; and fo " far ...
... raised to reputa- " tion ; without much enquiry , whether his performances were not yet fufceptible of σε improvement . The excellencies and the " faults of celebrated writers have been << equally recommended to pofterity ; and fo " far ...
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