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... pastoral far advanced towards perfection , and that having so great a rival , he must have proceeded with uncommon caution . If we search the writings of Virgil , for the true definition of a pastoral , it will be found a poem in which ...
... pastoral far advanced towards perfection , and that having so great a rival , he must have proceeded with uncommon caution . If we search the writings of Virgil , for the true definition of a pastoral , it will be found a poem in which ...
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... pastoral , than lilies and roses , and rocks and streams , among which are heard the gentle whispers of chaste fondness , or the soft complaints of amorous impatience . In pastoral , as in other writings , chastity of sentiment ought ...
... pastoral , than lilies and roses , and rocks and streams , among which are heard the gentle whispers of chaste fondness , or the soft complaints of amorous impatience . In pastoral , as in other writings , chastity of sentiment ought ...
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... pastoral . Such is the exclamation in Virgil : Nunc scio quid sit Amor , duris in cautibus illum Ismarus , aut ... pastoral they are particu- larly liable to censure , because it wants that exaltation above common life , which in tragick ...
... pastoral . Such is the exclamation in Virgil : Nunc scio quid sit Amor , duris in cautibus illum Ismarus , aut ... pastoral they are particu- larly liable to censure , because it wants that exaltation above common life , which in tragick ...
Contents
FROM THE PERIODICAL CRITICISM 175059 | 1 |
Rambler nos 86 88 and 90 Paradise Lost | 65 |
Preface To A Dictionary of the English Language 1755 | 101 |
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