Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English PoetsJames Phillips, 1785 - 386 страници |
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... deep green ftems be born , And yellow cole th ' enclosure there adorn , Eclog . II . The following lines are eafy and affect ing . Befide his gate , beneath the lofty tree , Old Thyrfis ' well known feat I vacant see ' ; There , while ...
... deep green ftems be born , And yellow cole th ' enclosure there adorn , Eclog . II . The following lines are eafy and affect ing . Befide his gate , beneath the lofty tree , Old Thyrfis ' well known feat I vacant see ' ; There , while ...
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... deep , yet clear , though gentle , yet not dull ; Strong without rage , without o'erflowing full . • These lines , ' fays Dr. Johnson , ' are ⚫ in themselves not perfect , for most of the words , thus artfully opposed , are to ⚫ be ...
... deep , yet clear , though gentle , yet not dull ; Strong without rage , without o'erflowing full . • These lines , ' fays Dr. Johnson , ' are ⚫ in themselves not perfect , for most of the words , thus artfully opposed , are to ⚫ be ...
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... deep , yet clear , tho ' gentle , yet not dull ; Strong without rage , without o'erflowing full . The meaning here comprized , if fim- ply expreffed , is only this ; that the ftream was deep and clear , and gentle and full ; the other ...
... deep , yet clear , tho ' gentle , yet not dull ; Strong without rage , without o'erflowing full . The meaning here comprized , if fim- ply expreffed , is only this ; that the ftream was deep and clear , and gentle and full ; the other ...
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... deep ; but perhaps the adjective is moftly used with- out any precife meaning . A writer might properly with his poetry to be full , or replete with thought ; clear , or perfpicuous in language ; and strong , that is to fay forcible or ...
... deep ; but perhaps the adjective is moftly used with- out any precife meaning . A writer might properly with his poetry to be full , or replete with thought ; clear , or perfpicuous in language ; and strong , that is to fay forcible or ...
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... spent them not in lufts , or toys , or wine , But fearch of deep philofophy , Wit , eloquence , and poetry ; Arts which I lov'd , for they , my friend , were thine . From From the glad found would not be abfent long , CRITICAL ESSAYS . 47.
... spent them not in lufts , or toys , or wine , But fearch of deep philofophy , Wit , eloquence , and poetry ; Arts which I lov'd , for they , my friend , were thine . From From the glad found would not be abfent long , CRITICAL ESSAYS . 47.
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