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Page xi
... look for , any thing in poetry , beyond a point of fatirical or epigrammatic wit , a smart antithefis richly trimmed with rhyme , or the foftnefs of an elegiac complaint . To fuch his manly claffical fpirit could not readily recommend ...
... look for , any thing in poetry , beyond a point of fatirical or epigrammatic wit , a smart antithefis richly trimmed with rhyme , or the foftnefs of an elegiac complaint . To fuch his manly claffical fpirit could not readily recommend ...
Page xxiv
... looks always announced , and half expressed , what he was about to fay ; and his voice correfponded exactly to the manner and degree in which he was affected . This fenfibility had one inconvenience attending it , that it rendered him ...
... looks always announced , and half expressed , what he was about to fay ; and his voice correfponded exactly to the manner and degree in which he was affected . This fenfibility had one inconvenience attending it , that it rendered him ...
Page liii
... look for relief from the gloomy uniformity reigning through other parts of the crea tion . Here scenes are presented to his view , which , were they lefs frequent , muft ftrike with wonder and admiration the moft incurious fpectator ...
... look for relief from the gloomy uniformity reigning through other parts of the crea tion . Here scenes are presented to his view , which , were they lefs frequent , muft ftrike with wonder and admiration the moft incurious fpectator ...
Page 8
... Looks out , effulgent , from amid the flufh Of broken clouds , gay . fhifting to his beam . The rapid radiance inftantaneous ftrikes Th ' illumin'd mountain , thro ' the foreft ftreams , Shakes on the floods , and in a yellow mist , Far ...
... Looks out , effulgent , from amid the flufh Of broken clouds , gay . fhifting to his beam . The rapid radiance inftantaneous ftrikes Th ' illumin'd mountain , thro ' the foreft ftreams , Shakes on the floods , and in a yellow mist , Far ...
Page 11
... look'd smiling on . Clear fhone the skies , cool'd with eternal gales , And balmy spirit all . The youthful sun Shot his best rays , and ftill the gracious clouds Dropp'd fatnefs down ; as o'er the fwelling mead , The herds and flocks ...
... look'd smiling on . Clear fhone the skies , cool'd with eternal gales , And balmy spirit all . The youthful sun Shot his best rays , and ftill the gracious clouds Dropp'd fatnefs down ; as o'er the fwelling mead , The herds and flocks ...
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