Juvenile poemsJ. French, 1777 - 195 pages |
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Page v
... natural to imagine , that the leisure of those ancient fhepherds admitting and invit- ing fome diverfion , none was fo proper to that folia- * Written at fixteen years of age . Fontenelle's Dife . on Paftorals . ry and fedentary life as ...
... natural to imagine , that the leisure of those ancient fhepherds admitting and invit- ing fome diverfion , none was fo proper to that folia- * Written at fixteen years of age . Fontenelle's Dife . on Paftorals . ry and fedentary life as ...
Page vi
... nature . The complete character of this Poem confifts in fimplicity ; brevity , and delicacy ; the two first of which render an Eclogue natural , and the last delight- ful . If we would copy Nature , it may be useful to take this Idea ...
... nature . The complete character of this Poem confifts in fimplicity ; brevity , and delicacy ; the two first of which render an Eclogue natural , and the last delight- ful . If we would copy Nature , it may be useful to take this Idea ...
Page vii
... natural , than when fome knowledge in rural affairs is difcovered t . This may be made rather to appear done by chance than on defign , and fometimes is best fhewn by inference ; left by too much study to feem natural , we destroy that ...
... natural , than when fome knowledge in rural affairs is difcovered t . This may be made rather to appear done by chance than on defign , and fometimes is best fhewn by inference ; left by too much study to feem natural , we destroy that ...
Page viii
... natural way ; but a regard must be had to the fubject ; that it contain fome par- ticular beauty in itself , and that it be different in every Eclogue . Befides , in each of them a designed ... nature and fimpli- city . viii A DISCOURSE ON.
... natural way ; but a regard must be had to the fubject ; that it contain fome par- ticular beauty in itself , and that it be different in every Eclogue . Befides , in each of them a designed ... nature and fimpli- city . viii A DISCOURSE ON.
Page ix
Alexander Pope. Theocritus excels all others in nature and fimpli- city . The subjects of his Idyllia are purely pastoral ; but he is not so exact in his persons , having introduced reapers * and fishermen as well as fhepherds . He is ...
Alexander Pope. Theocritus excels all others in nature and fimpli- city . The subjects of his Idyllia are purely pastoral ; but he is not so exact in his persons , having introduced reapers * and fishermen as well as fhepherds . He is ...
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ancient ANTISTROPHE ariſe beauty Belinda beſt bleft bluſh breaſt bright ceafe charms critics Cynthus DAPHNIS Eclogue Eurydice ev'ry eyes facred faid fair fame fate fatire fcenes feas feem fenfe fhades fhall fhining fhould fighs filent filver fince fing firſt fkies flame flocks flow flowers foft fome fong foon forefts foul fpirits fpring ftill ftreams fubject fuch fung fwains fwell fylvan Gnome grace groves hair heart heaven honours infpire itſelf laft laſt lefs lofe loft lov'd lyre maid moſt mournful Mufe mufic muſt nature numbers nymph o'er paffion Paftoral paſt Phaon Phoebus plain pleaſe pleaſure praiſe rage refound rife Sappho ſcene SEMICHORUS ſhades ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhore ſkies ſky ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtrains Sylphs tears thee thefe Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro trembling Umbriel uſeful vafe Virg virgin whofe whoſe winds