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Page vii
... writer dead , though it had borne with the ribaldry , or even fet the ribalds on work , when he was alive . And in this there was no great harm : for he must have a ftrange impotency of mind whom fuch miferable fcribblers can ruffle ...
... writer dead , though it had borne with the ribaldry , or even fet the ribalds on work , when he was alive . And in this there was no great harm : for he must have a ftrange impotency of mind whom fuch miferable fcribblers can ruffle ...
Page ix
... write not to the head , but to the ear : Our minds unmov'd and unconcern'd they lull , And are at beft moft mufically dull : So purling ftreams with even murmurs creep , And hufh the heavy hearers into fleep . As fmootheft fpeech is ...
... write not to the head , but to the ear : Our minds unmov'd and unconcern'd they lull , And are at beft moft mufically dull : So purling ftreams with even murmurs creep , And hufh the heavy hearers into fleep . As fmootheft fpeech is ...
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Samuel Johnson. Some in a polish'd style write Pastoral , Arcadia fpeaks the language of the Mall . Like fome fair Shepherdefs , the Sylvan Muse Should wear thofe flowers her native fields produce ; And the true measure of the fhepherd's ...
Samuel Johnson. Some in a polish'd style write Pastoral , Arcadia fpeaks the language of the Mall . Like fome fair Shepherdefs , the Sylvan Muse Should wear thofe flowers her native fields produce ; And the true measure of the fhepherd's ...
Page xvi
... write , or foes that read ; Cenfure or Praife muft from ourselves proceed . To Mr. POPE . By Mifs JUD . CowPER , afterwards Mrs. MADAN . O POPE , by what commanding wondrous art , Doft thou each paffion to each breast impart ? Our ...
... write , or foes that read ; Cenfure or Praife muft from ourselves proceed . To Mr. POPE . By Mifs JUD . CowPER , afterwards Mrs. MADAN . O POPE , by what commanding wondrous art , Doft thou each paffion to each breast impart ? Our ...
Page xxi
... aukward verfe betrays Thy want of skill , nor fhew the poet's praise ; Ceafe then , and leave fome fitter bard to tell How Pope in every strain can write , in every ftrain excell . 45 To H To Mr. P O PE . On the publishing [ xxi ] .
... aukward verfe betrays Thy want of skill , nor fhew the poet's praise ; Ceafe then , and leave fome fitter bard to tell How Pope in every strain can write , in every ftrain excell . 45 To H To Mr. P O PE . On the publishing [ xxi ] .
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