An Essay on the Application of Natural History to PoetryW. Eyres, 1777 - 156 страници |
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... turn of the paffage , it 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 ...
... turn of the paffage , it 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 ...
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... turns ex- ercises dominion over the dubious year , is represented by the picturefque circum- ftances , that fcarce The Bittern knows his time , with bill ingulph'd To shake the founding marsh ; or from the shore The Plovers when to ...
... turns ex- ercises dominion over the dubious year , is represented by the picturefque circum- ftances , that fcarce The Bittern knows his time , with bill ingulph'd To shake the founding marsh ; or from the shore The Plovers when to ...
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... the manners of this folitary tyrant is exhibited in thofe of the various kinds of domeftic fowl ; which are thus grouped in a truly rural landskip . Should F3 Should I my steps turn to the rural feat , NATURAL HISTORY . 69.
... the manners of this folitary tyrant is exhibited in thofe of the various kinds of domeftic fowl ; which are thus grouped in a truly rural landskip . Should F3 Should I my steps turn to the rural feat , NATURAL HISTORY . 69.
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John Aikin. Should I my steps turn to the rural feat , Whofe lofty elms , and venerable oaks , Invite the rook , who high amid the ... turns the changeful neck . WERE WERE it not that this author affords the most perfect 70 POETICAL USE OF.
John Aikin. Should I my steps turn to the rural feat , Whofe lofty elms , and venerable oaks , Invite the rook , who high amid the ... turns the changeful neck . WERE WERE it not that this author affords the most perfect 70 POETICAL USE OF.
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... turn fole- ly upon those obvious and well known properties of the fubject which might be learned from a curfory furvey , or the information of common language ; but they every - where evince the man who had fedulously , with his own ...
... turn fole- ly upon those obvious and well known properties of the fubject which might be learned from a curfory furvey , or the information of common language ; but they every - where evince the man who had fedulously , with his own ...
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