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 still tending to fome hint , or leading into some reflection , upon moral life , or political institution ; much in the fame manner as the real fight of such scenes and profpects is apt to give the mind a ...
... raised by the poet , are still tending to fome hint , or leading into some reflection , upon moral life , or political institution ; much in the fame manner as the real fight of such scenes and profpects is apt to give the mind a ...
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... raised our pity from a motive of grati- tude ; but with this circumstance the tender * Ver . 525 . + By the epithet GRAVES Virgil infinuates after his manner the difficulty and laboriousness of the work . Virgil Virgil was not content ...
... raised our pity from a motive of grati- tude ; but with this circumstance the tender * Ver . 525 . + By the epithet GRAVES Virgil infinuates after his manner the difficulty and laboriousness of the work . Virgil Virgil was not content ...
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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 celestial found : 1 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 celestial found : 1 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 susceptible of " 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 susceptible of " improvement . The excellencies and the " faults of celebrated writers have been " equally recommended to pofterity ; and fo " far ...
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