A Letter to Mr. Mason; on the Marks of ImitationW. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer; and sold, 1757 - 76 pages |
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... Taffo fays of himself , and he applauds the fame thing in Petrarch , " Leffi già tutte l'opere di Platone , è mi " rimaffero molti femi nella mente della fua dottri- " na . " I take these words from Menage , who has much 均 much more to ...
... Taffo fays of himself , and he applauds the fame thing in Petrarch , " Leffi già tutte l'opere di Platone , è mi " rimaffero molti femi nella mente della fua dottri- " na . " I take these words from Menage , who has much 均 much more to ...
Page 33
... Taffo , you will think , is the original , when you have read the following lines ; Senza quei fuoi pungenti ifpidi dumi Spiegò le foglie la purpurea Rofa . 5. Another inftance , ftill more remarkable , may be taken from Mr. Pope . One ...
... Taffo , you will think , is the original , when you have read the following lines ; Senza quei fuoi pungenti ifpidi dumi Spiegò le foglie la purpurea Rofa . 5. Another inftance , ftill more remarkable , may be taken from Mr. Pope . One ...
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... Taffo , Non fon ' io Da difprezzar , fe ben me fteffo vidi Nel liquido del mar , quando l'altr ' hieri Taceano i venti , et ei giacea fenz ' onda . But of all the mifappliers of this fine original fen- timent , commend me to that other ...
... Taffo , Non fon ' io Da difprezzar , fe ben me fteffo vidi Nel liquido del mar , quando l'altr ' hieri Taceano i venti , et ei giacea fenz ' onda . But of all the mifappliers of this fine original fen- timent , commend me to that other ...
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... Taffo had faid , Cofi a le belle lagrime le piume Si bagna Amore , e gode al chiaro lume . On which short hint Spenser has rais'd the following luxuriant imagery , The blinded archer - boy , Like lark in fhow'r of rain , Sate bathing of ...
... Taffo had faid , Cofi a le belle lagrime le piume Si bagna Amore , e gode al chiaro lume . On which short hint Spenser has rais'd the following luxuriant imagery , The blinded archer - boy , Like lark in fhow'r of rain , Sate bathing of ...
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... Taffo's picture , is , " Night's " 9 bringing in Silence under her wings . ' So new and fingular an idea as this had detected an Imitation . Milton contents himself , then , with faying fimply , Silence accompany'd . However to make ...
... Taffo's picture , is , " Night's " 9 bringing in Silence under her wings . ' So new and fingular an idea as this had detected an Imitation . Milton contents himself , then , with faying fimply , Silence accompany'd . However to make ...
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allufion almoſt anſwer antient becauſe befides beſt writers cafe chyming circumftance claffic compariſon confiderations copied courfe Courſe defign Difcourfes diſcovery doubt eafily Edmund Law Effay Engliſh eſpecially expreffed expreffion faid fame fancy feem fenfe fentiment fhew fhould fimilar firſt fituation fleep folar fome fomething fometimes fpirit ftill ftream ftrike fubject fucceeded fuch fufpect fuppofe fure genius ginal Greek himſelf idea imagery inftance Italian itſelf Johnſon juft juſt laft language laſt Latin leaft learned leaſt lefs looking thro mark of imitation Meaſure Milton moft moſt myſelf natural obferve occafion original paffage pafs perhaps philofophy Plato pleaſure poet poetry poffible Pope preſent Profeffor purpoſe quàm queſtion racter reaſon reft reſemblance rife ſays ſee Shakeſpear ſhort ſome ſpeaker ſpeaking ſpreads STATIUS ſtudied Tacitus Taffo taken thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tranflated ufual uſe verfes Waller whofe wings words worfe καὶ