A Letter to Mr. Mason; on the Marks of ImitationW. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer; and sold, 1757 - 76 pages |
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... those authors which young men are most fond of ; and amongst these I will not difown that the Poets of an- tient and modern fame have had their full fhare in my affection . But You , who love me fo well , would not wish me to pafs more ...
... those authors which young men are most fond of ; and amongst these I will not difown that the Poets of an- tient and modern fame have had their full fhare in my affection . But You , who love me fo well , would not wish me to pafs more ...
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... those paffages I call Imitations ; and to point to the circumftances in each that prove them to be fo . I attend you with pleasure in this amufing fearch . It is not material , I suppose , that we obferve any ftrict method in our ...
... those paffages I call Imitations ; and to point to the circumftances in each that prove them to be fo . I attend you with pleasure in this amufing fearch . It is not material , I suppose , that we obferve any ftrict method in our ...
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... those poets as brooding o'er this delicious feafon 3 Rura fœcundat voluptas : rura VENEREM fentiunt . Ipfa gemmas purpurantem pingit annum floribus . Ipfa furgentis papillas de Favonî spiritu Urguet in toros tepentes " Ipfa OF IMITATION ...
... those poets as brooding o'er this delicious feafon 3 Rura fœcundat voluptas : rura VENEREM fentiunt . Ipfa gemmas purpurantem pingit annum floribus . Ipfa furgentis papillas de Favonî spiritu Urguet in toros tepentes " Ipfa OF IMITATION ...
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... those works ; in which the Story proceeds , as it were , by fnatches , and with continual interruptions ? How was the good fense of those writers , fo converfant befides in the best models of antiquity , feduc'd into this pre- pofterous ...
... those works ; in which the Story proceeds , as it were , by fnatches , and with continual interruptions ? How was the good fense of those writers , fo converfant befides in the best models of antiquity , feduc'd into this pre- pofterous ...
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... those thick and gloomy fhadows damp , Oft feen in charnel vaults and fepulchres , Ling'ring , and fitting by a new made grave , As loth to leave the body , that it lov'd , And linkt itself by carnal fenfuality To a degenerate and ...
... those thick and gloomy fhadows damp , Oft feen in charnel vaults and fepulchres , Ling'ring , and fitting by a new made grave , As loth to leave the body , that it lov'd , And linkt itself by carnal fenfuality To a degenerate and ...
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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