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Page iii
... turn his thoughts to a translation of Euripides rather than of Homer , he confessed that he had no relish for that poet , who was a great master of tragic sim- plicity . Mr. Gildon further observes , as a confir- mation , that Dryden's ...
... turn his thoughts to a translation of Euripides rather than of Homer , he confessed that he had no relish for that poet , who was a great master of tragic sim- plicity . Mr. Gildon further observes , as a confir- mation , that Dryden's ...
Page v
... turn of heroic poetry . The second , being matter of dispute , and chiefly concerning church authority , I was obliged to make as plain and perspicuous as possibly I could , yet not wholly neglecting the numbers , though I had not ...
... turn of heroic poetry . The second , being matter of dispute , and chiefly concerning church authority , I was obliged to make as plain and perspicuous as possibly I could , yet not wholly neglecting the numbers , though I had not ...
Page ix
... turn'd lines on golden anvils beat , [ repeat , It looks as if they strook them at a heat . So all serenely great , so just refined , Like angels ' love to human seed inclined , It starts a giant , and exalts the kind . ' Tis spirit ...
... turn'd lines on golden anvils beat , [ repeat , It looks as if they strook them at a heat . So all serenely great , so just refined , Like angels ' love to human seed inclined , It starts a giant , and exalts the kind . ' Tis spirit ...
Page 14
... turn . Departing Spring could only stay to shed Her gloomy beauties on the genial bed , But left the manly Summer in ... turns the guard relieve , Thy father's angel and thy father join To keep possession , and secure the line ; But long ...
... turn . Departing Spring could only stay to shed Her gloomy beauties on the genial bed , But left the manly Summer in ... turns the guard relieve , Thy father's angel and thy father join To keep possession , and secure the line ; But long ...
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... turn up for their purpose . If they are under per- secution , as they call it , then that is a mark of their election ; if they flourish , then God works miracles for their deliverance , and the saints are to possess the earth . They ...
... turn up for their purpose . If they are under per- secution , as they call it , then that is a mark of their election ; if they flourish , then God works miracles for their deliverance , and the saints are to possess the earth . They ...
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