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... poetical inventors , who preceded him , may be moft obviously inftituted from thefe performances . But I thus pronounce , rather in compliance with popular opinion , than in con- formity to my own conception of the fubject , and , as I ...
... poetical inventors , who preceded him , may be moft obviously inftituted from thefe performances . But I thus pronounce , rather in compliance with popular opinion , than in con- formity to my own conception of the fubject , and , as I ...
Страница xiii
... poetical produc- tions within my knowledge , none are so happily diverfified with thefe fallies of technical vivacity as the fatiric dialogues of Pope , and various paffages in the Dunciad . But perfpicuity may feem to require a ...
... poetical produc- tions within my knowledge , none are so happily diverfified with thefe fallies of technical vivacity as the fatiric dialogues of Pope , and various paffages in the Dunciad . But perfpicuity may feem to require a ...
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... ! Attend the Mufe , tho ' low her numbers be ; She fings of friendship , and the fings to thee . The word rapture as fignificative of infpired phrenzy , or or poetical enthusiasm , is incomparably more appropriate than Spirit ON POPE .
... ! Attend the Mufe , tho ' low her numbers be ; She fings of friendship , and the fings to thee . The word rapture as fignificative of infpired phrenzy , or or poetical enthusiasm , is incomparably more appropriate than Spirit ON POPE .
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Gilbert Wakefield. or poetical enthusiasm , is incomparably more appropriate than Spirit , which will fufficiently appear by Butler's re- prefentation of the widow's influence on Hudibras : And , if imprison'd air efcapt her , It puff'd ...
Gilbert Wakefield. or poetical enthusiasm , is incomparably more appropriate than Spirit , which will fufficiently appear by Butler's re- prefentation of the widow's influence on Hudibras : And , if imprison'd air efcapt her , It puff'd ...
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... tho ' low her numbers be ; She fings of friendship , and the fings to thee . The word rapture as fignificative of infpired phrenzy , or or poetical enthusiasm , is incomparably more appropriate than Spirit ON POPE . 9.
... tho ' low her numbers be ; She fings of friendship , and the fings to thee . The word rapture as fignificative of infpired phrenzy , or or poetical enthusiasm , is incomparably more appropriate than Spirit ON POPE . 9.
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