The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 25 |
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... have risen to my mind in the con- sideration of Virgil's pastorals , without any inquiry how far my sentiments deviate from established rules or common opinions . VOL . XXV . If we survey the ten pastorals in a general view VOL.
... have risen to my mind in the con- sideration of Virgil's pastorals , without any inquiry how far my sentiments deviate from established rules or common opinions . VOL . XXV . If we survey the ten pastorals in a general view VOL.
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... sentiment : but as the magni- ficence of his performances was more , the simplicity was less ; and , perhaps , where he excels Theocritus , he sometimes obtains his superiority by deviating from the pastoral character , and performing ...
... sentiment : but as the magni- ficence of his performances was more , the simplicity was less ; and , perhaps , where he excels Theocritus , he sometimes obtains his superiority by deviating from the pastoral character , and performing ...
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... sentiments of ra- tional praise or natural lamentation . In the Silenus he again rises to the dignity of phi- losophic sentiment and heroic poetry . The ad- dress to Varus is eminently beautiful : but since the compliment paid to Gallus ...
... sentiments of ra- tional praise or natural lamentation . In the Silenus he again rises to the dignity of phi- losophic sentiment and heroic poetry . The ad- dress to Varus is eminently beautiful : but since the compliment paid to Gallus ...
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... sentiments as disappointed love naturally produces ; his wishes are wild , his resentment is tender , and his purposes are inconstant . In the genuine lan- guage of despair , he soothes himself a - while with the pity that shall be paid ...
... sentiments as disappointed love naturally produces ; his wishes are wild , his resentment is tender , and his purposes are inconstant . In the genuine lan- guage of despair , he soothes himself a - while with the pity that shall be paid ...
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... and office ; a beauty of the same kind with that which is so justly admired in the Adam of Milton , whose manners and sentiments are all Paradisaical . How delightfully and how suitably to his charac- ter , N ° 93 . 11 ADVENTURER .
... and office ; a beauty of the same kind with that which is so justly admired in the Adam of Milton , whose manners and sentiments are all Paradisaical . How delightfully and how suitably to his charac- ter , N ° 93 . 11 ADVENTURER .
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