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The Reader may think these examples sufficient to illustrate the rules we have laid down ; but we cannot quit this subject without presenting himn with one of Dr. Young's , which we have taken from his book intitled , Love of Fame the ...
The Reader may think these examples sufficient to illustrate the rules we have laid down ; but we cannot quit this subject without presenting himn with one of Dr. Young's , which we have taken from his book intitled , Love of Fame the ...
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These all their care expend on outward now For wealth and fame ; for fame alone the beau . Of late at White's was young Florello feen , How blank his look ? how discompos'd his mien ? So hard it proves in grief sincere to feign !
These all their care expend on outward now For wealth and fame ; for fame alone the beau . Of late at White's was young Florello feen , How blank his look ? how discompos'd his mien ? So hard it proves in grief sincere to feign !
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Levellid her barbarous needle at his fame : But open force was vain ; by night she went , And , while he slept , farpriz'd the darling rent ;Where yawn'd the frize is now become a doubt , And glory at one entrance quite shut out * He ...
Levellid her barbarous needle at his fame : But open force was vain ; by night she went , And , while he slept , farpriz'd the darling rent ;Where yawn'd the frize is now become a doubt , And glory at one entrance quite shut out * He ...
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| Title | The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets ; and of Translations from the Ancients ... Volume 2 of The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets; and of Translations from the Ancients, John Newbery |
| Author | John Newbery |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Gregg International Publishers Limited, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 27, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0576029947, 9780576029940 |
| Length | 382 pages |
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