An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... and fo circumftantiated , as that of Somerville . THE digreffion that defcribes the demoli- * See particularly , ver . 151 . tion of the thirty villages by William the Conqueror , tion 20 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS SECT. II. ...
... and fo circumftantiated , as that of Somerville . THE digreffion that defcribes the demoli- * See particularly , ver . 151 . tion of the thirty villages by William the Conqueror , tion 20 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS SECT. II. ...
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Joseph Warton. tion of the thirty villages by William the Conqueror , is well imagined ; particularly , Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd , O'er heaps of ruin stalk'd the stately hind ; The fox obfcene to gaping tombs retires ...
Joseph Warton. tion of the thirty villages by William the Conqueror , is well imagined ; particularly , Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd , O'er heaps of ruin stalk'd the stately hind ; The fox obfcene to gaping tombs retires ...
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... tion and oracles at an end ! which facts though perhaps not historically true , are poetically beautiful . The lonely mountains o'er , And the refounding fhore , A voice of weeping heard , and loud lament ! From From haunted spring ...
... tion and oracles at an end ! which facts though perhaps not historically true , are poetically beautiful . The lonely mountains o'er , And the refounding fhore , A voice of weeping heard , and loud lament ! From From haunted spring ...
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... tion that precedes an April fhower infifted ọn , as in ver . 165 of SPRING , or where , The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard By fuch as wander through the forest walks , Beneath th ' umbrageous multitude of leaves . † 1 How ...
... tion that precedes an April fhower infifted ọn , as in ver . 165 of SPRING , or where , The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard By fuch as wander through the forest walks , Beneath th ' umbrageous multitude of leaves . † 1 How ...
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... tion , and confider what a perfect idea it com- municates to the mind . Around th ' adjoining brook , that purls along The vocal grove , now fretting o'er a rock , Now scarcely moving through a reedy pool , Now starting to a fudden ...
... tion , and confider what a perfect idea it com- municates to the mind . Around th ' adjoining brook , that purls along The vocal grove , now fretting o'er a rock , Now scarcely moving through a reedy pool , Now starting to a fudden ...
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