The Works of the English Poets, Том 43R. Hett, 1779 - 2 страници |
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... I will beg leave to speak fomething not as a poet , but a critic ; that if my credit should fail as a poet , I may have recourse to my remarks B 4 C remarks upon Homer , and be pardoned for my industry [ 7 1 THE Preface Page.
... I will beg leave to speak fomething not as a poet , but a critic ; that if my credit should fail as a poet , I may have recourse to my remarks B 4 C remarks upon Homer , and be pardoned for my industry [ 7 1 THE Preface Page.
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... should be polished by a critical hand , and restored to their original purity : In this confifts the office of critics ; but , instead of making copies agreeable to the manuscripts , they have long inferted their own conjec- tures ; and ...
... should be polished by a critical hand , and restored to their original purity : In this confifts the office of critics ; but , instead of making copies agreeable to the manuscripts , they have long inferted their own conjec- tures ; and ...
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... should refolve to acquit a perfon , whether innocent or guilty , who comes before him upon his trial . It is frequent for the partial critic to praise the work as he likes the author ; he admires a book as an antiquary a medal , folely ...
... should refolve to acquit a perfon , whether innocent or guilty , who comes before him upon his trial . It is frequent for the partial critic to praise the work as he likes the author ; he admires a book as an antiquary a medal , folely ...
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... should no burthen bear , Though vines delude the promife of the year , Yet though the olive fhould not yield her oil , Nor the parch'd glebe reward the pea fant's toil , Though the tir'd ox beneath his labours fall , And herds in ...
... should no burthen bear , Though vines delude the promife of the year , Yet though the olive fhould not yield her oil , Nor the parch'd glebe reward the pea fant's toil , Though the tir'd ox beneath his labours fall , And herds in ...
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... Should he receive ! From every grateful peer A fable ewe , and lamb , of highest worth Memorial , to a brave , heroic heart The nobleft prize and at the focial feast Amongst the great , be his the feat of fame . Abash'd they fate , and ...
... Should he receive ! From every grateful peer A fable ewe , and lamb , of highest worth Memorial , to a brave , heroic heart The nobleft prize and at the focial feast Amongst the great , be his the feat of fame . Abash'd they fate , and ...
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