The seasons. To which is prefixed, the life of the author, by P. Murdoch, and an essay on the plan and manner of the poem: by J. Aikin1803 |
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... first pieces , the Seafons , we see him at once affume the majestic freedom of an Eastern writer ; feizing the grand images as they rife , cloathing them in his own ex- preffive language , and preferving , throughout , the grace , the ...
... first pieces , the Seafons , we see him at once affume the majestic freedom of an Eastern writer ; feizing the grand images as they rife , cloathing them in his own ex- preffive language , and preferving , throughout , the grace , the ...
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... First Part of Liberty , he received a fevere fhock , by the death of his noble friend and fellow - traveller ; which was foon followed by another that was feverer ftill , and of more general concern ; the death of Lord Talbot himself ...
... First Part of Liberty , he received a fevere fhock , by the death of his noble friend and fellow - traveller ; which was foon followed by another that was feverer ftill , and of more general concern ; the death of Lord Talbot himself ...
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... first by Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Cibber , their appearing in the prin- cipal characters ; which they heighten and adorn with all the magic of their never - failing art . C He had , in the mean time , been finishing MR . JAMES THOMSON . xix.
... first by Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Cibber , their appearing in the prin- cipal characters ; which they heighten and adorn with all the magic of their never - failing art . C He had , in the mean time , been finishing MR . JAMES THOMSON . xix.
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... the imitations of his manner , which have been following him clofe from the very first publication of Winter , he feems to have fixed no inconfiderable æra of the English poetry . O DE ON THE DEATH of Mr. THOMSON . By xxviii ...
... the imitations of his manner , which have been following him clofe from the very first publication of Winter , he feems to have fixed no inconfiderable æra of the English poetry . O DE ON THE DEATH of Mr. THOMSON . By xxviii ...
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... , with all the accuracy of a naturalift , and vivid colouring of a poet , has lately appeared in a poem of Mr. Warton's , entitled " The First of April . " ginning is moist and temperate ; its middle , fultry AN ESSAY ON.
... , with all the accuracy of a naturalift , and vivid colouring of a poet , has lately appeared in a poem of Mr. Warton's , entitled " The First of April . " ginning is moist and temperate ; its middle , fultry AN ESSAY ON.
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