The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumen13John & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh, 1795 |
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... principles of nature , we may ra- Though he had both Theocritus and Virgil for ther admire that his Idylliums are fo engaging , his models , his Shepherd's Calendar is altogether than cavil at his blemishes ; we may reflect upon ...
... principles of nature , we may ra- Though he had both Theocritus and Virgil for ther admire that his Idylliums are fo engaging , his models , his Shepherd's Calendar is altogether than cavil at his blemishes ; we may reflect upon ...
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... principles of nature , we may ra- ther admire that his Idylliums are fo engaging , than cavil at his blemishes ; we may reflect upon Theocritus as the hive whence the most establish- ed writers of Eclogues have derived their sweets , or ...
... principles of nature , we may ra- ther admire that his Idylliums are fo engaging , than cavil at his blemishes ; we may reflect upon Theocritus as the hive whence the most establish- ed writers of Eclogues have derived their sweets , or ...
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... principles , and advance maxims and propofitions , that are repugnant to the doctrine of the Christian faith , or to the precepts of morality and good manners , they may prove of ill confequence to fome , particularly to the unwary or ...
... principles , and advance maxims and propofitions , that are repugnant to the doctrine of the Christian faith , or to the precepts of morality and good manners , they may prove of ill confequence to fome , particularly to the unwary or ...
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... principles known by the light of nature ; but merely falfe notions , that many conceive of the gods . Nor will I omit what Epicurus imme- diately subjoins : The gods , fays he , punish the wicked , and reward the good : For being , as ...
... principles known by the light of nature ; but merely falfe notions , that many conceive of the gods . Nor will I omit what Epicurus imme- diately subjoins : The gods , fays he , punish the wicked , and reward the good : For being , as ...
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... principles of all things ? An opinion fo ab- furd , that even the bare mentioning of it confutes it . So far , therefore , from being of dangerous confequence to us is the reading thofe abfurdities of the ancients concerning the nature ...
... principles of all things ? An opinion fo ab- furd , that even the bare mentioning of it confutes it . So far , therefore , from being of dangerous confequence to us is the reading thofe abfurdities of the ancients concerning the nature ...
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