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Page 32
... represented in very lively colours . Several of the French , Italian , and English poets have given a foose to their imaginations in the description of an- gels ; but I do not remember to have met with any so finely drawn , and so ...
... represented in very lively colours . Several of the French , Italian , and English poets have given a foose to their imaginations in the description of an- gels ; but I do not remember to have met with any so finely drawn , and so ...
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... represented All things with double terror . On the ground Outstretch'd he lay ; on the cold ground ! And oft Curs'd his creation ; death as oft accus'd Of tardy execution ........ The part of Eve in this book is no less passionat and ...
... represented All things with double terror . On the ground Outstretch'd he lay ; on the cold ground ! And oft Curs'd his creation ; death as oft accus'd Of tardy execution ........ The part of Eve in this book is no less passionat and ...
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... represents Sleep as a person , and ascribes a short part to him in his Iliad ; but we must consider , that though we now regard such a person as entirely shadowy and unsubstantial , the heathens made statues of him , plac- ed him in ...
... represents Sleep as a person , and ascribes a short part to him in his Iliad ; but we must consider , that though we now regard such a person as entirely shadowy and unsubstantial , the heathens made statues of him , plac- ed him in ...
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