The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumen8John & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh, 1795 |
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... should have been miffed by Arbuthnot ; a man eftimable for his learning , amiable for his life , and vene- rable for his piety . Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehenfion , skilful in his profeffion , verfed in the sciences ...
... should have been miffed by Arbuthnot ; a man eftimable for his learning , amiable for his life , and vene- rable for his piety . Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehenfion , skilful in his profeffion , verfed in the sciences ...
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... Should wear thofe flowers her native fields pro- dice ; And the true measure of the fhepherd's wit Should , like his garb , be for the country fit : Yet muft his pure and unaffected thought More nicely than the common swain's be wrought ...
... Should wear thofe flowers her native fields pro- dice ; And the true measure of the fhepherd's wit Should , like his garb , be for the country fit : Yet muft his pure and unaffected thought More nicely than the common swain's be wrought ...
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... should cease to glide : In mighty Pope's immortalizing trains , Still fhall fhe grace and range the verdant plains ; By him felected for the mufes ' theme , [ ftream . Still fhine a blooming maid , and roll a limpid Go on , and , with ...
... should cease to glide : In mighty Pope's immortalizing trains , Still fhall fhe grace and range the verdant plains ; By him felected for the mufes ' theme , [ ftream . Still fhine a blooming maid , and roll a limpid Go on , and , with ...
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... should cease to glide : In mighty Pope's immortalizing strains , Still fhall fhe grace and range the verdant plains ; By him selected for the mufes ' theme , [ ftream . Still fhine a blooming maid , and roll a limpid Go on , and , with ...
... should cease to glide : In mighty Pope's immortalizing strains , Still fhall fhe grace and range the verdant plains ; By him selected for the mufes ' theme , [ ftream . Still fhine a blooming maid , and roll a limpid Go on , and , with ...
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... should contemplate the dangerous fate of authors , he would fcarce be of their number on any confidera- tion . The life of a wit is a warfare upon earth ; and the present fpirit of the learned world is fuch , that to attempt to ferve it ...
... should contemplate the dangerous fate of authors , he would fcarce be of their number on any confidera- tion . The life of a wit is a warfare upon earth ; and the present fpirit of the learned world is fuch , that to attempt to ferve it ...
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