Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English PoetsJames Phillips, 1785 - 386 страници |
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... pleasing to those who are familiar with the scenes fo elegantly painted . He employed his pen at times in vari- ous anonymous pamphlets and effays , on miscellaneous fubjects , and particularly in vindication of fuch political princi ...
... pleasing to those who are familiar with the scenes fo elegantly painted . He employed his pen at times in vari- ous anonymous pamphlets and effays , on miscellaneous fubjects , and particularly in vindication of fuch political princi ...
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... rainy feafons , must overflow , as well as other rivers . Water , when level with its banks , always ap- pears most pleasing ; and that this was the the cafe with the Thames , would have been fufficiently 24 CRITICAL ESSAYS .
... rainy feafons , must overflow , as well as other rivers . Water , when level with its banks , always ap- pears most pleasing ; and that this was the the cafe with the Thames , would have been fufficiently 24 CRITICAL ESSAYS .
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... , To difperfe our cares away . Among the various component parts of a rural profpect , few are more pleasing than the difpofition of cultivated ground , the the different dimenfions and form of the inclosures , and CRITICAL ESSAYS . 105.
... , To difperfe our cares away . Among the various component parts of a rural profpect , few are more pleasing than the difpofition of cultivated ground , the the different dimenfions and form of the inclosures , and CRITICAL ESSAYS . 105.
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... pleasing imagery , that the task of felection is perplexing . Much of it has been al- ready transcribed , and among the paf- fages omitted , are feveral not at all in- ferior . Nothing can be more graphi- cal than the following ...
... pleasing imagery , that the task of felection is perplexing . Much of it has been al- ready transcribed , and among the paf- fages omitted , are feveral not at all in- ferior . Nothing can be more graphi- cal than the following ...
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... re- gulated to a pleasing calm , then employed on a variety of serious and pathetick images , and at length oppreffed in a manner that became painful . Here -Here hoary Time Sits on his throne of ruins ; 146 CRITICAL ESSAYS .
... re- gulated to a pleasing calm , then employed on a variety of serious and pathetick images , and at length oppreffed in a manner that became painful . Here -Here hoary Time Sits on his throne of ruins ; 146 CRITICAL ESSAYS .
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