Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 pages |
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... fquab gentleman , the 66 very bow of the God of Love , and " tell me whether he be a proper author " to make perfonal reflections ? -He 66 may extol the antients , but he has " reason " reafon to thank the gods that he was " 28 POPE .
... fquab gentleman , the 66 very bow of the God of Love , and " tell me whether he be a proper author " to make perfonal reflections ? -He 66 may extol the antients , but he has " reason " reafon to thank the gods that he was " 28 POPE .
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... tell no more than I have learned from Mr. Ruffhead , who writes with the confidence of one who could truft his information . She was a woman of eminent rank and large for- tune , the ward of an unkle , who , having given her a proper ...
... tell no more than I have learned from Mr. Ruffhead , who writes with the confidence of one who could truft his information . She was a woman of eminent rank and large for- tune , the ward of an unkle , who , having given her a proper ...
Page 79
... tell the King ' tis given him to destroy Declare ev'n now The lofty walls of wide - extended Troy ; towers For now no more the Gods with Fate . contend ; At Juno's fuit the heavenly factions end . Deftruction hovers o'er yon devoted ...
... tell the King ' tis given him to destroy Declare ev'n now The lofty walls of wide - extended Troy ; towers For now no more the Gods with Fate . contend ; At Juno's fuit the heavenly factions end . Deftruction hovers o'er yon devoted ...
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... tell , and nothing know ) . Without your aid , to count th ' unnumber'd train , " A thousand mouths , thoufand tongues were vain . Book V. v . 1 . But Pallas now Tydides ' foul infpires , Fills with her force , and warms with all : her ...
... tell , and nothing know ) . Without your aid , to count th ' unnumber'd train , " A thousand mouths , thoufand tongues were vain . Book V. v . 1 . But Pallas now Tydides ' foul infpires , Fills with her force , and warms with all : her ...
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... telling him of the improvements which his early works had received from his own remarks and thofe of Steele , faid , that he , being now engaged in publick bufinefs , had no longer any care for his poetical reputation ; nor had any ...
... telling him of the improvements which his early works had received from his own remarks and thofe of Steele , faid , that he , being now engaged in publick bufinefs , had no longer any care for his poetical reputation ; nor had any ...
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