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The philosophy of the poems might be comprised in very small space ; their real value consists in their poetical beauties , their finely - drawn characters , rich imagery , taste , and moral reflection . ] the poem vooer ir 3 EPISTLE I.
The philosophy of the poems might be comprised in very small space ; their real value consists in their poetical beauties , their finely - drawn characters , rich imagery , taste , and moral reflection . ] the poem vooer ir 3 EPISTLE I.
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As Helluo , late dictator of the feast , The nose of haut - goût and the tip of taste , Critiqued your wine , and analysed your meat , Yet on plain pudding deign'd at home to eat : So Philomedé , lecturing all mankind On the soft ...
As Helluo , late dictator of the feast , The nose of haut - goût and the tip of taste , Critiqued your wine , and analysed your meat , Yet on plain pudding deign'd at home to eat : So Philomedé , lecturing all mankind On the soft ...
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... Your taste of follies , with our scorn of fools : Reserve with frankness , art with truth allied , Courage with softness , modesty with pride ; Fix'd principles , with fancy ever new ; Shakes all together , and produces — you !
... Your taste of follies , with our scorn of fools : Reserve with frankness , art with truth allied , Courage with softness , modesty with pride ; Fix'd principles , with fancy ever new ; Shakes all together , and produces — you !
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“ Lady Suffolk , ” says Walpole , “ was of a just height , well made , extremely fair , with the finest light brown hair , was remarkably genteel , and always well dressed , with taste and simplicity . Those were her personal charms ...
“ Lady Suffolk , ” says Walpole , “ was of a just height , well made , extremely fair , with the finest light brown hair , was remarkably genteel , and always well dressed , with taste and simplicity . Those were her personal charms ...
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1 This Epistle was written ( in 1732 ] after a violent outcry against our author , on a supposition that he had ridiculed a worthy nobleman merely for his wrong taste . He justified himself upon that article in a letter to the Ear of ...
1 This Epistle was written ( in 1732 ] after a violent outcry against our author , on a supposition that he had ridiculed a worthy nobleman merely for his wrong taste . He justified himself upon that article in a letter to the Ear of ...
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