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... thofe treasures of ineflimable felicity ? That portion of Mr. Hervey's valuable productions which I have prefumed to exhibit in a new fhape , is confeffedly of the highest importance , and claims our molt ferious confideration . Daily ...
... thofe treasures of ineflimable felicity ? That portion of Mr. Hervey's valuable productions which I have prefumed to exhibit in a new fhape , is confeffedly of the highest importance , and claims our molt ferious confideration . Daily ...
Page iv
... thofe who may permit themfelves deliberately to engage in it . Cheerfully fhall , I defcend to the lowest fep of li- terary reputation , fhould I , as it were by furprife , become an humble inftrument in the hands of PRO- VIDENCE iv TO ...
... thofe who may permit themfelves deliberately to engage in it . Cheerfully fhall , I defcend to the lowest fep of li- terary reputation , fhould I , as it were by furprife , become an humble inftrument in the hands of PRO- VIDENCE iv TO ...
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... , and meditated upon , by all thofe into whofe hands they may chance to fall . Old gold is faid to ac- quire purity from its age . - Long contracted friend . fhips are most highly efteemed . - The worth of TO THE READER .
... , and meditated upon , by all thofe into whofe hands they may chance to fall . Old gold is faid to ac- quire purity from its age . - Long contracted friend . fhips are most highly efteemed . - The worth of TO THE READER .
Page vii
... thofe to whom they are not in any degree allied ? The four following Effays , like the preceding ones , are productions , well intended , though poorly finished , and whofe concifenefs will , very probably , be the beft advocate to ...
... thofe to whom they are not in any degree allied ? The four following Effays , like the preceding ones , are productions , well intended , though poorly finished , and whofe concifenefs will , very probably , be the beft advocate to ...
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... I fhall be perfectly contented with the decifion . In the room of fome lines , more imperfect and unfinished than even thofe which I have fubmitted to your inspection , I have substituted the Epiftle of viii TO THE READER .
... I fhall be perfectly contented with the decifion . In the room of fome lines , more imperfect and unfinished than even thofe which I have fubmitted to your inspection , I have substituted the Epiftle of viii TO THE READER .
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Page 33 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Page ix - When I was a school-boy, a relation of mine, long deceased, was so kind as to lend me the original poem of Yarico to Inkle, which he got from an intimate friend, the author of it, who had been dead many years before it came into my handS.
Page 213 - Did' it from hate, or thirft of gain proceed ? Urge nothing — for if love's not in our pow'r, Is there from gratitude requir'd no more ? That's the grand tie that fliould for ever bind, The fureft charm to fix a noble mind. *
Page 10 - Poeta nascitur, non fit. That is to say, you cannot make a poet out of a barber's block. cation of your readers, not doubting but they will agree with me, that they are as excellent in point of sentiment, as in sweetness and elegance. Medita.tion
Page 29 - Nothing more certain, and which shall endure, Than laws of Medes and Per-si-ans more sure. To say that death could from such bliss arise, A happy im-pro-pri-e-ty implies.
Page ix - I could fafely pafs with the public as the author of it — a kind of fraud, however, which I fnall never be guilty of.
Page 15 - Remember that of them you're not bereav'd, But from " the coming evil they are fav'd.
Page 213 - The virgin's envy, and the youth's delight ; Nor was my birth unequal to my fame, I from a race of fov'reign princes came. My love, the no...
Page 11 - Their former variances all obey, And to an amicable end give way. Here thofe who, living, were at enmity, By Death are brought to dwell in unity.