An Essay on the Application of Natural History to PoetryW. Eyres, 1777 - 156 страници |
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John Aikin. and nature thofe prefages of an im- pending ftorm which appear in the actions of certain animals . Among the reft , he mentions that of the heron's leaving its accustomed haunts in the marshes , and foaring to a great height ...
John Aikin. and nature thofe prefages of an im- pending ftorm which appear in the actions of certain animals . Among the reft , he mentions that of the heron's leaving its accustomed haunts in the marshes , and foaring to a great height ...
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... appears evident to me , that Lucan meant to improve upon his original by one of those antithetical points which on all occafions he fo much delights to intro- duce the images of flying and fwimming are therefore set in oppofition to ...
... appears evident to me , that Lucan meant to improve upon his original by one of those antithetical points which on all occafions he fo much delights to intro- duce the images of flying and fwimming are therefore set in oppofition to ...
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... appears in Pope's first pastoral . The rofe is re- prefented as blowing along with the cro- cus and violet ; though , in reality , fome months intervene betwixt their flower- ing . Here the bright crocus and blue vi'let glow , Here ...
... appears in Pope's first pastoral . The rofe is re- prefented as blowing along with the cro- cus and violet ; though , in reality , fome months intervene betwixt their flower- ing . Here the bright crocus and blue vi'let glow , Here ...
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... appear as fri- gid and uninterefting as they are ex- . travagant and unnatural . HITHERTO it has been chiefly at- tempted to fhew that the accurate and fcientific fcientific ftudy of nature would obviate many of the defects 32 POETICAL ...
... appear as fri- gid and uninterefting as they are ex- . travagant and unnatural . HITHERTO it has been chiefly at- tempted to fhew that the accurate and fcientific fcientific ftudy of nature would obviate many of the defects 32 POETICAL ...
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... appears to me more fuccefsful than the author of a poem in Dodfley's Collection , vol . VI . entitled Vacation . In this fprightly piece , a variety of gay and pleasing objects , fimilar in kind , yet individually different from thofe ...
... appears to me more fuccefsful than the author of a poem in Dodfley's Collection , vol . VI . entitled Vacation . In this fprightly piece , a variety of gay and pleasing objects , fimilar in kind , yet individually different from thofe ...
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