Works of the Author of the Pursuits of Literature: Consisting Of: I. Pursuits of Literature ... II. A Translation of the Passages ... Quoted in the Prefaces ... to the Pursuits of Literature. III. The Imperial Epistle from Kien Long, Emperor of China to Geo. III ... IV. The Shade of Alex. Pope, Esq. on the Banks of the Thames ...J. Milliken, 1799 |
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... poet . What I have written is delivered to the publick in this fpirit . If I had any private end or malignity in any part of it , I would have burned the work with indignation before it should have appeared . I make no idle appeal to ...
... poet . What I have written is delivered to the publick in this fpirit . If I had any private end or malignity in any part of it , I would have burned the work with indignation before it should have appeared . I make no idle appeal to ...
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... poet , will be fometimes warmed with the dignity and importance of his fubject , and may exprefs himself in terms rather ftrong . The " fume fuperbiam ” of a poet is feldom feverely examined . It is an extravaganza at moft , and ...
... poet , will be fometimes warmed with the dignity and importance of his fubject , and may exprefs himself in terms rather ftrong . The " fume fuperbiam ” of a poet is feldom feverely examined . It is an extravaganza at moft , and ...
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... poets of modern Italy is either trifling or difgraceful . No man ever felt the power of poetry , if he refufed his homage to Dante , Petrarch , Ariofto , and Taffo ; I mean , if their language was familiar to him . In their primal poet ...
... poets of modern Italy is either trifling or difgraceful . No man ever felt the power of poetry , if he refufed his homage to Dante , Petrarch , Ariofto , and Taffo ; I mean , if their language was familiar to him . In their primal poet ...
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... poet is yet fofter than the breeze , or the murmur of his fountain . ( v ) Yet was he not without energy . His fubject was fometimes high and holy . He was familiar with death , and his breathings were after immortality . He too could ...
... poet is yet fofter than the breeze , or the murmur of his fountain . ( v ) Yet was he not without energy . His fubject was fometimes high and holy . He was familiar with death , and his breathings were after immortality . He too could ...
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... poet , in all its melancholy harmony , dwells on my ear : Penfa , che questo di mai non raggiorna ! ( b ) But let us ftill contemplate the glory which was cast round other times . I will therefore conclude this letter , by complying ...
... poet , in all its melancholy harmony , dwells on my ear : Penfa , che questo di mai non raggiorna ! ( b ) But let us ftill contemplate the glory which was cast round other times . I will therefore conclude this letter , by complying ...
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