The Works of the English Poets, Volumen 23H. Baldwin, 1779 - 344 páginas |
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... fubject glad , and a whole people bleft . Thus would I fain Britannia's wars rehearse , In the fmooth records of a faithful verse ; That , if fuch numbers can o'er time prevail , May tell pofterity the wondrous tale . When actions ...
... fubject glad , and a whole people bleft . Thus would I fain Britannia's wars rehearse , In the fmooth records of a faithful verse ; That , if fuch numbers can o'er time prevail , May tell pofterity the wondrous tale . When actions ...
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... fubject he treats of , except the deluge ; and I cannot but believe that this is the conflagration he hints at in the firkt book ; " Effe quoque in fatis reminifcitur affore tempus " Quo mare , quo tellus , correptaque regia cœli ...
... fubject he treats of , except the deluge ; and I cannot but believe that this is the conflagration he hints at in the firkt book ; " Effe quoque in fatis reminifcitur affore tempus " Quo mare , quo tellus , correptaque regia cœli ...
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... fubject for criticism . P , 108. 1. 8. My son , says he , & c . ] Phœbus's speech is very nobly usher'd in , with the " Terque quaterque " concutiens illuftre caput " -and well represents the danger and difficulty of the undertaking ...
... fubject for criticism . P , 108. 1. 8. My son , says he , & c . ] Phœbus's speech is very nobly usher'd in , with the " Terque quaterque " concutiens illuftre caput " -and well represents the danger and difficulty of the undertaking ...
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... fubject as the burn- ing of the world . P. 116. 1. 19. The earth at length , & c . ] We have here a fpeech of the Earth , which will doubtlefs seem very unnatural to an English reader . It is I believe the boldest Profopopoeia of any in ...
... fubject as the burn- ing of the world . P. 116. 1. 19. The earth at length , & c . ] We have here a fpeech of the Earth , which will doubtlefs seem very unnatural to an English reader . It is I believe the boldest Profopopoeia of any in ...
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... fubject , takes the advantage of confidering the cryftal as hard , ftony , precious water , and the water as foft , fluid , imperfect cryftal ; and thus fports off above a dozen Epigrams , in fet- ting his words and ideas at variance ...
... fubject , takes the advantage of confidering the cryftal as hard , ftony , precious water , and the water as foft , fluid , imperfect cryftal ; and thus fports off above a dozen Epigrams , in fet- ting his words and ideas at variance ...
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