The Works of the English Poets, Volumen 1H. Hughs, 1779 - 407 páginas |
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... kind of fervitude , is incapable of producing any thing good or noble . I have feen originals , both in painting and poefy , much more beautiful than their natural ob- jects ; jects ; but I never faw a copy better than PREFACE .
... kind of fervitude , is incapable of producing any thing good or noble . I have feen originals , both in painting and poefy , much more beautiful than their natural ob- jects ; jects ; but I never faw a copy better than PREFACE .
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... never faw a copy better than the original : which indeed cannot be otherwife ; for , men refolving in no cafe to shoot beyond the mark , it is a thousand to one if they foot not fhort of it . It does not at all trouble me that the ...
... never faw a copy better than the original : which indeed cannot be otherwife ; for , men refolving in no cafe to shoot beyond the mark , it is a thousand to one if they foot not fhort of it . It does not at all trouble me that the ...
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... Never did the fun as yet So healthful a fair - day beget , That travelling mortals might rely on it . But Fortune's favour and her fpite Roll with alternate waves like day and night : Viciffitudes which thy great race pursue , E'er ...
... Never did the fun as yet So healthful a fair - day beget , That travelling mortals might rely on it . But Fortune's favour and her fpite Roll with alternate waves like day and night : Viciffitudes which thy great race pursue , E'er ...
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... never - withering light , And , as he walks , affright The lion and the bear , Bull , centaur , fcorpion , all the radiant monsters there . THE PRAISE OF PINDAR . In imitation of HORACE's fecond Ode , B. IV . " Pindarum quifquis ftudet ...
... never - withering light , And , as he walks , affright The lion and the bear , Bull , centaur , fcorpion , all the radiant monsters there . THE PRAISE OF PINDAR . In imitation of HORACE's fecond Ode , B. IV . " Pindarum quifquis ftudet ...
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... never will decay Till heaven itself fhall melt away , And nought behind it stay . Begin the fong , and strike the living lyre ; Lo ! how the years to come , a numerous and well - fitted quire , All hand in hand do decently advance , And ...
... never will decay Till heaven itself fhall melt away , And nought behind it stay . Begin the fong , and strike the living lyre ; Lo ! how the years to come , a numerous and well - fitted quire , All hand in hand do decently advance , And ...
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