The Poetical Works Of Mr. William Collins: With Memoirs of the Author; And Observations On His Genius and WritingsT. Evans, 1781 - 184 страници Interleaved copy of this printed edition, copiously annotated in two or more unidentified 18th-century hands. |
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... COLLINS , withdraw to a respectful distance , and , should they behold the ruins of genius , or the weakness of an exalted mind , let them be taught to lament that nature has has left the nobleft of her works im- perfect . [ ii ]
... COLLINS , withdraw to a respectful distance , and , should they behold the ruins of genius , or the weakness of an exalted mind , let them be taught to lament that nature has has left the nobleft of her works im- perfect . [ ii ]
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... should hope to behold him happy ; poffeffed of independence , and removed from every scene , and every monument of his former mifery . But , fortune had delayed her favours till they were not worth receiving . His faculties had been fo ...
... should hope to behold him happy ; poffeffed of independence , and removed from every scene , and every monument of his former mifery . But , fortune had delayed her favours till they were not worth receiving . His faculties had been fo ...
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... indifpenfable in that fpecies of poetry ; and it is very re- markable that in his Paffions , an ode for music , love is omitted , though it should have made a principal figure there . ORIENTAL ECLOGUES . B td Y EĆ LOGUE I. SELIM ORI- [ xv ]
... indifpenfable in that fpecies of poetry ; and it is very re- markable that in his Paffions , an ode for music , love is omitted , though it should have made a principal figure there . ORIENTAL ECLOGUES . B td Y EĆ LOGUE I. SELIM ORI- [ xv ]
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... . The common people of Holland are faid to entertain a fu- perftitious fentiment , that if the whole fpecies of them fhould become extin & t , they should lose their liberties . The The Gaul , ' tis held of antique ftory , [ 61 ]
... . The common people of Holland are faid to entertain a fu- perftitious fentiment , that if the whole fpecies of them fhould become extin & t , they should lose their liberties . The The Gaul , ' tis held of antique ftory , [ 61 ]
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... should laft fucceed The beauteous union múst appear at length , Of Tuscan fancy , and Athenian strength : One greater Mufe Eliza's reign adorn , 1 And even a Shakespear to her fame be born ! Yet ah ! fo bright her morning's opening ray ...
... should laft fucceed The beauteous union múst appear at length , Of Tuscan fancy , and Athenian strength : One greater Mufe Eliza's reign adorn , 1 And even a Shakespear to her fame be born ! Yet ah ! fo bright her morning's opening ray ...
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Abra Abra lov'd allegorical almoſt ANTISTROPHE Bard beautiful bleft boaſt breathe characteriſtics charm COLLINS CYMBELINE Deferted delight deſcribed deſcription deſpair diſtinguiſhed dreft eclogue expreffion expreffive eyes facred fair fame Fancy fcene Fear feems fentiment fhade fhall fhepherds fhrine fide fighs filent fimple fimplicity fineſt firft firſt flowers foft folemn fome fong fons foothe fpecies ftill ftrain ftriking fuch fullen fung fwain fweet fword genius Georgian grief grove hair heart himſelf imagery laft maid like Abra meaſure midft moral moſt mufic mufing muſt myrtles nature numbers nymph o'er Obfervations ORIENTAL ECLOGUES paffions paftoral Pity plain pleaſure poems poet poet's poetical poetry Polynices praiſe racter reaſon reſpect ſcene Schiraz ſeems ſeen ſhall ſhe ſhould SIR THOMAS HANMER ſpirit ſubjects ſweet tender thee Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro tion vale verfe verſes watchet whofe whoſe wild wizzard youth