The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Nide 13John & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh, 1795 |
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... such distinctions be- He was undoubtedly a great lover of retirement and contemplation , and feems to have had no am- bition but that of acting well . I fhall conclude my character of him with that part of it which Paterculus fo juftly ...
... such distinctions be- He was undoubtedly a great lover of retirement and contemplation , and feems to have had no am- bition but that of acting well . I fhall conclude my character of him with that part of it which Paterculus fo juftly ...
Sivu 46
... Such was the big , the horrid , voice of war ! And now the murmur of incitement flies , All rang'd in martial order , through the skies ; Here Jove above the reft confpicuous fhin'd , In valour equal to his strength his mind ; Erect and ...
... Such was the big , the horrid , voice of war ! And now the murmur of incitement flies , All rang'd in martial order , through the skies ; Here Jove above the reft confpicuous fhin'd , In valour equal to his strength his mind ; Erect and ...
Sivu 47
... Such was the big , the horrid , voice of war ! And now the murmur of incitement flies , All rang'd in martial order , through the skies ; Here Jove above the reft confpicuous fhin'd , In valour equal to his strength his mind ; Erect and ...
... Such was the big , the horrid , voice of war ! And now the murmur of incitement flies , All rang'd in martial order , through the skies ; Here Jove above the reft confpicuous fhin'd , In valour equal to his strength his mind ; Erect and ...
Sivu 61
... Such , therefore , ( an obfervation I have made before ) as remain obfcure to us , we muft conclude to have loft of their explanation through the length of time in which they have been handed down to us . The meeting of Jafon and Ceres ...
... Such , therefore , ( an obfervation I have made before ) as remain obfcure to us , we muft conclude to have loft of their explanation through the length of time in which they have been handed down to us . The meeting of Jafon and Ceres ...
Sivu 63
... Such as are pro- bable may be feigned for amufement , and in imi- tation of hiftory ; but where no fuch defigns ap- pear , but they seem to be what none would ima- gine or relate , they must be calculated for other uses ! What a fiction ...
... Such as are pro- bable may be feigned for amufement , and in imi- tation of hiftory ; but where no fuch defigns ap- pear , but they seem to be what none would ima- gine or relate , they must be calculated for other uses ! What a fiction ...
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