Reflection: A Poem, in Four Cantos ...R. Cruttwell, 1790 - 278 страница |
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... has often eaten and drank with fince ; one particularly , whom he fat with tête á tête , at White's , ' till three o'clock in the morning , on the very subject of the new new work , and whom he may now perhaps be vi FRE FACE .
... has often eaten and drank with fince ; one particularly , whom he fat with tête á tête , at White's , ' till three o'clock in the morning , on the very subject of the new new work , and whom he may now perhaps be vi FRE FACE .
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... subject here is Human Nature , the writer will just observe , that he remembers formerly almost every one crying out against the return made to old Lord H— by Mr. C— ; who , after being raised by his means from a washerwoman's fon to a ...
... subject here is Human Nature , the writer will just observe , that he remembers formerly almost every one crying out against the return made to old Lord H— by Mr. C— ; who , after being raised by his means from a washerwoman's fon to a ...
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... subject and plan . This indeed has been told in the Preface ; but fill the introduction of him here , it is allowed , is rather misplaced and out of rule . Hereafter enough will be ad- vanced in attempt to fupport the prefent propofed ...
... subject and plan . This indeed has been told in the Preface ; but fill the introduction of him here , it is allowed , is rather misplaced and out of rule . Hereafter enough will be ad- vanced in attempt to fupport the prefent propofed ...
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... subject I little thought of treating at the commencement of my Poetical career ; what that commencement , as well as progress , has been , is in my prefatory dif- course sufficiently related . The after - thought of addition to a Poem ...
... subject I little thought of treating at the commencement of my Poetical career ; what that commencement , as well as progress , has been , is in my prefatory dif- course sufficiently related . The after - thought of addition to a Poem ...
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... subject over all others in writers who have treated other subjects along with it . Need I name VIRGIL or MILTON ... subject ; but the subject , and confequently the feelings excited by it , were more endearing and more striking : And ...
... subject over all others in writers who have treated other subjects along with it . Need I name VIRGIL or MILTON ... subject ; but the subject , and confequently the feelings excited by it , were more endearing and more striking : And ...
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abfurd againſt alfo allude almoſt alſo anſwer aſk beſt Canto cauſe confequently confideration courſe defire diftinct e'en Effay eſpecially exiſtence faid fame feel feems feen fenfe fhall fhew fince firſt fome fomething fometimes foon foul ftill fubject fuch fuperior fuppofe fure GENIUS gentleman giv'n give himſelf honour hope houſe inftance inſtinct itſelf judge juſt laſt leaſt lefs leſs mean meaſure methinks mind miſtake moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature Nature's obfervations object occafion ourſelves paffage perfon perhaps philofophic pleaſe poem poffibly Pope pow'r preſent profe purſue queſtion reader reaſon reflection reſpect ſaid ſame ſay ſee ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtop ſtrange ſuch ſuppoſe taſte tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe Thou thought true truth underſtanding uſed verſe whofe wiſh word writing yourſelf
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