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Page 16
... observe that the girls look'd divine , And the old folks in - doors exclaimed " Bless us how fine ! " Apollo arriv'd , had no sooner embodied His essence ethereal , than quenching his godhead , He chang❜d his appearance- to -- what ...
... observe that the girls look'd divine , And the old folks in - doors exclaimed " Bless us how fine ! " Apollo arriv'd , had no sooner embodied His essence ethereal , than quenching his godhead , He chang❜d his appearance- to -- what ...
Page 17
... observe , like his statues was drest , ) His throat like a pillar for smoothness and grace , His curls in a cluster -- and then such a face , As mark'd him at once the true offspring of Jove , The brow all of wisdom , and lips all of ...
... observe , like his statues was drest , ) His throat like a pillar for smoothness and grace , His curls in a cluster -- and then such a face , As mark'd him at once the true offspring of Jove , The brow all of wisdom , and lips all of ...
Page 38
... observe several of like sort , where the accent is varied and cadence changed , lest the ear should be tired with one unvaried sameness of measure , like a ring of bells without any changes . " time to come , adhere to their love of ...
... observe several of like sort , where the accent is varied and cadence changed , lest the ear should be tired with one unvaried sameness of measure , like a ring of bells without any changes . " time to come , adhere to their love of ...
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... of what goes from the table . Mr. Crabbe is unquestionably a man of genius ; possessing imagination , observation , originality : he has even powers of the pathetic and the terri- ble , but , with all these fine elements of 8 49.
... of what goes from the table . Mr. Crabbe is unquestionably a man of genius ; possessing imagination , observation , originality : he has even powers of the pathetic and the terri- ble , but , with all these fine elements of 8 49.
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... observe , by the way , that Mr. Wordsworth does not seem to have ex- ercised his feelings much on the subject of versi- fication , and must protest against that attempt of his to consider perfect poetry as not essentially connected with ...
... observe , by the way , that Mr. Wordsworth does not seem to have ex- ercised his feelings much on the subject of versi- fication , and must protest against that attempt of his to consider perfect poetry as not essentially connected with ...
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