An Essay on the Application of Natural History to PoetryW. Eyres, 1777 - 156 страници |
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... com- pofer introduces it on a fimilar occafion . He , perhaps , improves , amplifies , and in some respect varies the idea ; and in fo fo doing may exhibit confiderable tafte and ingenuity ; but 6 ' POETICAL USE OF /
... com- pofer introduces it on a fimilar occafion . He , perhaps , improves , amplifies , and in some respect varies the idea ; and in fo fo doing may exhibit confiderable tafte and ingenuity ; but 6 ' POETICAL USE OF /
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... Some of his commentators , indeed , have attempted to free him from the imputation of ignorance , by fuppofing that the epithet " Swimming feather " was intended to denote that easy motion of a bird through the air which has often been ...
... Some of his commentators , indeed , have attempted to free him from the imputation of ignorance , by fuppofing that the epithet " Swimming feather " was intended to denote that easy motion of a bird through the air which has often been ...
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... some new objects which might have improved the poetry of past , or may adorn that of future composers , will be the attempt of the remaining part of this Effay . No writer among the ancients ap- pears to have made a more advantage- ous ...
... some new objects which might have improved the poetry of past , or may adorn that of future composers , will be the attempt of the remaining part of this Effay . No writer among the ancients ap- pears to have made a more advantage- ous ...
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... , which had the advantage of a ftill more enlarged and unencumbered * THE rude sketch of Hefiod can scarcely be accounted even a distant model of Virgil's Georgics . plan . plan . Some of thefe I fhall felect for the 36 POETICAL USE OF.
... , which had the advantage of a ftill more enlarged and unencumbered * THE rude sketch of Hefiod can scarcely be accounted even a distant model of Virgil's Georgics . plan . plan . Some of thefe I fhall felect for the 36 POETICAL USE OF.
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John Aikin. plan . Some of thefe I fhall felect for the purposes of this Essay . ! AMONG the prognoftics of an impend- ing storm , related in the first Georgic , those derived from the actions of cer- tain animals are fingularly ...
John Aikin. plan . Some of thefe I fhall felect for the purposes of this Essay . ! AMONG the prognoftics of an impend- ing storm , related in the first Georgic , those derived from the actions of cer- tain animals are fingularly ...
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