The Works of the English Poets: Dryden's VirgilH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... kind . The univerfal empire made him only more known , and more powerful , but could not make him more beloved . He had greater ability of doing good , but your inclina- tion to it is not lefs : and though you could not ex- tend your ...
... kind . The univerfal empire made him only more known , and more powerful , but could not make him more beloved . He had greater ability of doing good , but your inclina- tion to it is not lefs : and though you could not ex- tend your ...
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... kind , was that of Lorenzo de Medici , and his fon Leo X. wherein Painting was revived , and Poetry flourished , and the Greek language was restored . Examples in all these are obvious : but what I would infer is this ; That , in such ...
... kind , was that of Lorenzo de Medici , and his fon Leo X. wherein Painting was revived , and Poetry flourished , and the Greek language was restored . Examples in all these are obvious : but what I would infer is this ; That , in such ...
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... kind , which is not as below those two Italians , and fubject to a thousand more reflections , without examining their St. Lewis , their Pucelle , or their Alarique : the English have only to boast of Spenfer and Milton , who neither of ...
... kind , which is not as below those two Italians , and fubject to a thousand more reflections , without examining their St. Lewis , their Pucelle , or their Alarique : the English have only to boast of Spenfer and Milton , who neither of ...
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... kind , Tragedy requires à lefs and more confined knowledge : moderate learn- ing , and observation of the rules is fufficient , if a ge- nius be not wanting . But in an Epick Poet , one who is worthy of that name , befides an univerfal ...
... kind , Tragedy requires à lefs and more confined knowledge : moderate learn- ing , and observation of the rules is fufficient , if a ge- nius be not wanting . But in an Epick Poet , one who is worthy of that name , befides an univerfal ...
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... kind of animal , or , as the ancients thought him , rural god , made up be- twixt a man and a goat ; with a human head , hooked nofe , powting lips , a bunch or ftruma under the chin , pricked ears , and upright horns ; the body fhagged ...
... kind of animal , or , as the ancients thought him , rural god , made up be- twixt a man and a goat ; with a human head , hooked nofe , powting lips , a bunch or ftruma under the chin , pricked ears , and upright horns ; the body fhagged ...
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Страница 26 - Freed from his keepers, thus, with broken reins, The wanton courser prances o'er the plains, Or in the pride of youth o'erleaps the mounds, And snuffs the females in forbidden grounds.
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