“The” Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Robert AndersonRobert Anderson Arch, 1795 - 11191 páginas |
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... kind of poetry , and that the Pindaric is the moft fpirited kind of ode . " This I fpeak , " he adds , with fufficient candour , " at my own very great peril . But truth has an eternal title to our confeffion , though we are fure to ...
... kind of poetry , and that the Pindaric is the moft fpirited kind of ode . " This I fpeak , " he adds , with fufficient candour , " at my own very great peril . But truth has an eternal title to our confeffion , though we are fure to ...
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... kind . He is an original , though an unequal writer . It would be difficult to point out a fingle line or expreffion that he has borrowed from any other English writer . His defects and beauties are alike his own . Of the epigrammatic ...
... kind . He is an original , though an unequal writer . It would be difficult to point out a fingle line or expreffion that he has borrowed from any other English writer . His defects and beauties are alike his own . Of the epigrammatic ...
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... kind by nature made , Or to fuch weakness by their vice betray'd . Almighty vanity ! to thee they owe Their set of pleasure , and their balm of woc . Thou , like the fun , all colours doft contain , Varying , like rays of light , on ...
... kind by nature made , Or to fuch weakness by their vice betray'd . Almighty vanity ! to thee they owe Their set of pleasure , and their balm of woc . Thou , like the fun , all colours doft contain , Varying , like rays of light , on ...
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... kind to me , Since fatirizing thofe is praising thee ; Who wouldft not bear , too modeftly refin'd , A panegyric of a groffer kind . Britannia's daughters , much more fair , than nise Too fond of admiration , lose their price ; Worn in ...
... kind to me , Since fatirizing thofe is praising thee ; Who wouldft not bear , too modeftly refin'd , A panegyric of a groffer kind . Britannia's daughters , much more fair , than nise Too fond of admiration , lose their price ; Worn in ...
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... ( Kind heaven ! ) against the pofon of their eyes . Thaleftris triumphs in a manly mien ; Loud is her accent , and her phrase obscene . In fair and open dealing where's the shame ? What nature dares to give , the dares to name . This ...
... ( Kind heaven ! ) against the pofon of their eyes . Thaleftris triumphs in a manly mien ; Loud is her accent , and her phrase obscene . In fair and open dealing where's the shame ? What nature dares to give , the dares to name . This ...
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