The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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Page 80
... feems most probable that he escaped from con- finement , reached the iland of Cyprus , where he had large property , and died there 26 . As no others perhaps could have raised Athens , from ruin , to that degree of ftrength and fplendor ...
... feems most probable that he escaped from con- finement , reached the iland of Cyprus , where he had large property , and died there 26 . As no others perhaps could have raised Athens , from ruin , to that degree of ftrength and fplendor ...
Page 77
... feems to ftand still . But , as he moves from h to i , he appears to go from A to B ; and feems to be in the fame place when at i , as when he was at g , but not near fo big : at k he is hid from the Earth E by the Sun S ; being then in ...
... feems to ftand still . But , as he moves from h to i , he appears to go from A to B ; and feems to be in the fame place when at i , as when he was at g , but not near fo big : at k he is hid from the Earth E by the Sun S ; being then in ...
Page 320
... feems to favour more of the Cardinall's Roman courage than his Italian wifdom . Turenne , to us afarr off , feems not to have been more unhappie in this fiege of Valencien than unad- vised . A half - eyed man might have foreseen the ...
... feems to favour more of the Cardinall's Roman courage than his Italian wifdom . Turenne , to us afarr off , feems not to have been more unhappie in this fiege of Valencien than unad- vised . A half - eyed man might have foreseen the ...
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