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... thofe furly Male - contents , who con- demn an Author as impudent , and one who affumes a dictatorial Air , when he only humbly defires People to ufe Humanity towards him , for he is afraid of be- ing hurt , as he fears he has laid ...
... thofe furly Male - contents , who con- demn an Author as impudent , and one who affumes a dictatorial Air , when he only humbly defires People to ufe Humanity towards him , for he is afraid of be- ing hurt , as he fears he has laid ...
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... thofe Images ; the first is cal- led the Sentiments , and the last the Diction of the Poet and I prefume the Bufinefs of all Criticifm may be reduced under thefe two Heads , the last of which , I cannot yet believe it is essential to ...
... thofe Images ; the first is cal- led the Sentiments , and the last the Diction of the Poet and I prefume the Bufinefs of all Criticifm may be reduced under thefe two Heads , the last of which , I cannot yet believe it is essential to ...
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... thofe of my Friends and Acquaintance , whofe good Nature I have no reason to doubt of ; their generous Subfcriptions are fufficient Proofs of their Refpect to the Author : and here if I did not place a much greater value upon their ...
... thofe of my Friends and Acquaintance , whofe good Nature I have no reason to doubt of ; their generous Subfcriptions are fufficient Proofs of their Refpect to the Author : and here if I did not place a much greater value upon their ...
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... thofe Criticks who have made just Remarks upon this Sort of Compofition , tell us , they ought to be the easiest , smootheft , and moft flowing that can poffibly be ; the Diction pure tho ' humble , expreffive of the utmost Delicacy and ...
... thofe Criticks who have made just Remarks upon this Sort of Compofition , tell us , they ought to be the easiest , smootheft , and moft flowing that can poffibly be ; the Diction pure tho ' humble , expreffive of the utmost Delicacy and ...
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... Skies , Say , is't not Spring that makes you all rejoyce ? Does not the Seafon all thofe Pleasures bring ? And Heav'n , indulgent Heaven ! fend you Spring ? SCREEN'D B 2 SCREEN'D in thefe Shades , O ever let me stay SPRING . ท 5.
... Skies , Say , is't not Spring that makes you all rejoyce ? Does not the Seafon all thofe Pleasures bring ? And Heav'n , indulgent Heaven ! fend you Spring ? SCREEN'D B 2 SCREEN'D in thefe Shades , O ever let me stay SPRING . ท 5.
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Page viii - ... wing, (Her guide now lost) no more attempts to rise, But in low numbers short excursions tries: Content, if hence, th...
Page 129 - O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho
Page vi - Ten cenfure wrong, for one who writes amifs ; A fool might once himfelf alone expofe, Now one in verfe makes many more in profe. Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go juft alike, yet each believes his own.
Page 154 - Flocks, fecms to be the firft Employment of Mankind, the moft antient Sort of Poetry, was probably Paftoral : 'Tis natural to imagine, that the Leifure of thofe antient Shepherds requiring fome Diverfion, none was fo proper to that folitary Life, as finging, and that in their Songs, they took Occafion...
Page 101 - No doleful fighs in airy circles rove, But all be rapture, blifs, and joy and love ; Without a ruffle, ev'ry moment flow, More gentle than the fofteft breezes blow.
Page xv - Rofes in Hedges, King-cups on the green, Birds in the Woods, and Larks upon the Skies, Say, is't not Spring that makes you all rejoyce?
Page 33 - Swell'd to my Eyes, and melted out in Tears; " My trembling Limbs could fcarce my Weight fuftain, " And Life furpriz'd, ftood paufing with the Pain.
Page 30 - Place for Contemplation, or for Care, To lift the Soul, or pour out fad DeJpair ! And And here lay Cc///'», haplefs Swain!
Page vii - One moral, or a meer well-natur'd Deed Does all Defert in Sciences exceed. Moreover, I can ajjure all my Readers, 'who are not of my Acquaintance, that I am not extravagant...