An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... tion of the thirty villages by William the Conqueror ,. THE digression that describes the demoli- * See particularly , ver . 151 . tion * Abregé de l'Histoire Universelle , & c . tom 20 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS DESCRIPTIVE Poetry ...
... tion of the thirty villages by William the Conqueror ,. THE digression that describes the demoli- * See particularly , ver . 151 . tion * Abregé de l'Histoire Universelle , & c . tom 20 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS DESCRIPTIVE Poetry ...
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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 obscene 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 obscene 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 resounding shore , 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 resounding shore , A voice of weeping heard , and loud lament ! From From haunted spring ...
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... tion that precedes an April shower insisted on , as in ver . 165 of SPRING , or where , The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard By such as wander through the forest walks , Beneath th ' umbrageous multitude of leaves . † How full ...
... tion that precedes an April shower insisted on , as in ver . 165 of SPRING , or where , The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard By such as wander through the forest walks , Beneath th ' umbrageous multitude of leaves . † How full ...
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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 sudden ...
... 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 sudden ...
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