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... recited the contents in these words : " Sir , Obliged as I am by the paffion you profefs , and the eager- nefs with which you endeavour to give me the moft convincing proof of your regard , I feel fome reluc- tance in A 2 of THE ...
... recited the contents in these words : " Sir , Obliged as I am by the paffion you profefs , and the eager- nefs with which you endeavour to give me the moft convincing proof of your regard , I feel fome reluc- tance in A 2 of THE ...
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... give of the conduct and management of the epiftle itself , will farther juftify the opinion we have embraced . He begins with giving a multi- plicity of precepts , relating to poe- try in general . These are delivered , though in few ...
... give of the conduct and management of the epiftle itself , will farther juftify the opinion we have embraced . He begins with giving a multi- plicity of precepts , relating to poe- try in general . These are delivered , though in few ...
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... give rules and precepts concerning every fpe- cies of poetry . In thirteen lines , to wit , from the 73d to the 86th in- clufive , he dispatches what he had to say on the epic , the elegiac , the iambic , and the lyric : and he omits ...
... give rules and precepts concerning every fpe- cies of poetry . In thirteen lines , to wit , from the 73d to the 86th in- clufive , he dispatches what he had to say on the epic , the elegiac , the iambic , and the lyric : and he omits ...
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... give falutary and effectual advice to his friend Pifo ? The principal argument our poet ufes to difcourage Pifo from perfift- ing in his poetical purfuits , which he therefore places in the front , is , that mediocrity in fome things ...
... give falutary and effectual advice to his friend Pifo ? The principal argument our poet ufes to difcourage Pifo from perfift- ing in his poetical purfuits , which he therefore places in the front , is , that mediocrity in fome things ...
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... give her hand to Mr. Richmore , if he perfevered in his former resolution . Her father , overjoyed at her compliance , took no notice of her elopement ; and a few days after her fate was united for ever to that of Mr. Richmore . It is ...
... give her hand to Mr. Richmore , if he perfevered in his former resolution . Her father , overjoyed at her compliance , took no notice of her elopement ; and a few days after her fate was united for ever to that of Mr. Richmore . It is ...
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