The Poetical Works of Mr. William Collins: With Memoirs of the Author; and Observations on His Genius and WritingsT. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, 1771 - 184 страници |
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... , their reputation will be fo chequered , and their characters fo much difguised , that it fhal become difficult for the hiftorian to separate truth from falfe- hood . OF Our exalted poet , whofe life , though far A 2 Or [ iii ]
... , their reputation will be fo chequered , and their characters fo much difguised , that it fhal become difficult for the hiftorian to separate truth from falfe- hood . OF Our exalted poet , whofe life , though far A 2 Or [ iii ]
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... poet , whofe life , though far from being popular , did not altogether pass in privacy , we meet with few other accounts than fuch as the life of every man will afford , viz . when he was born , where he was educated , and where he died ...
... poet , whofe life , though far from being popular , did not altogether pass in privacy , we meet with few other accounts than fuch as the life of every man will afford , viz . when he was born , where he was educated , and where he died ...
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... poets have received their claffical education . Here he had the good fortune to continue feven years under the care of the very learned Dr. Bur- ton ; and at the age of nineteen , in the year 1740 , he had merit fufficient to procure a ...
... poets have received their claffical education . Here he had the good fortune to continue feven years under the care of the very learned Dr. Bur- ton ; and at the age of nineteen , in the year 1740 , he had merit fufficient to procure a ...
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... poet by turns . one time he determined to write an hif- tory of the revival of Letters ; at an- other to tranflate and comment upon Ariftotle's Poetics ; then he turned his thoughts to the Drama , and proceeded so far towards a tragedy ...
... poet by turns . one time he determined to write an hif- tory of the revival of Letters ; at an- other to tranflate and comment upon Ariftotle's Poetics ; then he turned his thoughts to the Drama , and proceeded so far towards a tragedy ...
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... poets , who have failed to Delphi , without touch- ing at Cythera . The allufions of this kind that appear in his Oriental Eclogues were indifpenfable in that fpecies of poe- try ; and it is very remarkable that in his Paffions , an ode ...
... poets , who have failed to Delphi , without touch- ing at Cythera . The allufions of this kind that appear in his Oriental Eclogues were indifpenfable in that fpecies of poe- try ; and it is very remarkable that in his Paffions , an ode ...
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allegorical amidſt ANTISTROPHE Bard beautiful blefs bleft breathe characteriſtic charm circumftances COLLINS defcribed Deferted delight deſcription diſtant diſtinguiſhed dreft Druid eclogue Epithalamium expreffion expreffive eyes faid fair fame Fancy fcene Fear feems fentiment fhade fhall fhepherds fhrine fide fighs filent fimple fimplicity firſt flowers folemn fome fometimes fong fons foothing fpecies fpirit fprings ftill ftrain fuch fullen fung fwain fweet fword genius gentleft Georgian grief grove hair heart himſelf imagery laſt meaſure midft mind moft moſt mountain's mufic mufing Muſe myrtles nature numbers nymph o'er obfervable ORIENTAL ECLOGUES paffed paffions paftoral Pity plain pleaſure poems poet poet's poetical poetry Polynices reaſon rife ſcene ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhould SIR THOMAS HANMER ſtate ſtill ſubject ſweet tender thee thefe Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro vale verfe virtue voice of peace watchet whofe whoſe wild wizzard youth