The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Nide 8John & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh, 1795 |
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Sivu xii
... mind active , ambitious , and adventurous , always investigating , always afpiring . He was endowed with a fer- tile invention , and brilliant wit . To affift these powers , he had great strength and exaЯness of memory , which readily ...
... mind active , ambitious , and adventurous , always investigating , always afpiring . He was endowed with a fer- tile invention , and brilliant wit . To affift these powers , he had great strength and exaЯness of memory , which readily ...
Sivu xv
... mind . " The compositions of Pope are perhaps a greater acceffion to English literature , than those of any other poet of our nation , except Spenfer , Shakspeare , and Milton . Of thofe poets who rank in the highest class after them ...
... mind . " The compositions of Pope are perhaps a greater acceffion to English literature , than those of any other poet of our nation , except Spenfer , Shakspeare , and Milton . Of thofe poets who rank in the highest class after them ...
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... mind's impetuous ftarts control , Or gently footh to peace the troubled foul ! Graces till now that fingly met our view , And fingly charm'd , unite at once in you : A ftyle polite , from affectation free , Virgil's correctness ...
... mind's impetuous ftarts control , Or gently footh to peace the troubled foul ! Graces till now that fingly met our view , And fingly charm'd , unite at once in you : A ftyle polite , from affectation free , Virgil's correctness ...
Sivu 5
... mind's impetuous ftarts control , Or gently footh to peace the troubled foul ! Graces till now that fingly met our view , And fingly charm'd , unite at once in you : A ftyle polite , from affectation free , Virgil's correctnefs ...
... mind's impetuous ftarts control , Or gently footh to peace the troubled foul ! Graces till now that fingly met our view , And fingly charm'd , unite at once in you : A ftyle polite , from affectation free , Virgil's correctnefs ...
Sivu 32
... mind To modern customs , modern rules contin'd ; Thence form your judgment , thence your maxims bring , And trace the mufes upward to their spring ; Still with itfelf compar'd , his text perufe ; And let your comment be the Mantuan muse ...
... mind To modern customs , modern rules contin'd ; Thence form your judgment , thence your maxims bring , And trace the mufes upward to their spring ; Still with itfelf compar'd , his text perufe ; And let your comment be the Mantuan muse ...
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