The Works of the English Poets, Հատոր 34W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 318 էջ |
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... writ " in emulation of the Cooper's Hill of Sir John Den- " ham : The author of it is obfcure , is ambiguous , is " affected , is temerarious , is barbarous . " But the author of the Difpenfaryt , Dr. GARTH , in the preface to his poem ...
... writ " in emulation of the Cooper's Hill of Sir John Den- " ham : The author of it is obfcure , is ambiguous , is " affected , is temerarious , is barbarous . " But the author of the Difpenfaryt , Dr. GARTH , in the preface to his poem ...
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... writ his Eloise in oppofition to it ; but for- got innocence and virtue : If you take away her ❝tender thoughts , and her fierce defires , all the reft is of no value . " In which , methinks , his judgment refembleth that of a French ...
... writ his Eloise in oppofition to it ; but for- got innocence and virtue : If you take away her ❝tender thoughts , and her fierce defires , all the reft is of no value . " In which , methinks , his judgment refembleth that of a French ...
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... writ ten at the feat of the Lord Harcourt in Oxfordshire , before that excellent perfon ( bishop Burnet's ) death , and many years before the appearance of that history , of which they are pretended to be an abuse . Most true it is ...
... writ ten at the feat of the Lord Harcourt in Oxfordshire , before that excellent perfon ( bishop Burnet's ) death , and many years before the appearance of that history , of which they are pretended to be an abuse . Most true it is ...
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... writ : " but adds , " it was a victory over a parcel of poor wretches , whom it was almost cowar- ❝dice to conquer . - A man might as well triumph for " having killed so many filly flies that offended him . " Could he have let them ...
... writ : " but adds , " it was a victory over a parcel of poor wretches , whom it was almost cowar- ❝dice to conquer . - A man might as well triumph for " having killed so many filly flies that offended him . " Could he have let them ...
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... writ- ing , he raises an Altar of proper books , and ( mak- ing firft his folemn prayer and declaration ) pur- poses thereon to facrifice all his unsuccessful writings . As the pile is kindled , the Goddess beholding the flame from her ...
... writ- ing , he raises an Altar of proper books , and ( mak- ing firft his folemn prayer and declaration ) pur- poses thereon to facrifice all his unsuccessful writings . As the pile is kindled , the Goddess beholding the flame from her ...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Հատոր 34 Samuel Johnson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1779 |
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