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... Country- men , to observe , that there are still feve- ral among us * , who , in fpite of publick Depravity , retain a virtuous Love for the Arts , and make Ufe the End of their En- deavours . A Friend of mine , who is an Admirer of the ...
... Country- men , to observe , that there are still feve- ral among us * , who , in fpite of publick Depravity , retain a virtuous Love for the Arts , and make Ufe the End of their En- deavours . A Friend of mine , who is an Admirer of the ...
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... Countries to PALMYRA , than both the other two joined together . ' Tis true , indeed , the Simplicity of the DORIC would have ill fuited the magni- ficent Structures built in Honor of the greater Cœleftial Gods , but might never ...
... Countries to PALMYRA , than both the other two joined together . ' Tis true , indeed , the Simplicity of the DORIC would have ill fuited the magni- ficent Structures built in Honor of the greater Cœleftial Gods , but might never ...
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... Country , a Nymph called TASTE , a Daughter of one of the GRACES , to whom the VIRTUES , ARTS , SCIENCES , and even the GODDESS of the island her- felf often reforted . For without the Af- fiftance of fome fecret Charms fhe be- ftowed ...
... Country , a Nymph called TASTE , a Daughter of one of the GRACES , to whom the VIRTUES , ARTS , SCIENCES , and even the GODDESS of the island her- felf often reforted . For without the Af- fiftance of fome fecret Charms fhe be- ftowed ...
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... Country , the loofened the gol- den Studs with which it was faftened round her Waift , and threw it difdain- fully into the paffing River . Very few Days paffed after this , before fhe per- ceived a vifible Alteration in the Af ...
... Country , the loofened the gol- den Studs with which it was faftened round her Waift , and threw it difdain- fully into the paffing River . Very few Days paffed after this , before fhe per- ceived a vifible Alteration in the Af ...
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... Country Church - Yard , written by Mr. GRAY , of Peter - House in Cambridge , to the beft Performance , in that kind , of OVID , TIBULLUS , OF PROPERTIUS . Has HORACE any Moral Ode fuperior to Mr. NUGENT's Ode to MANKIND , or any ...
... Country Church - Yard , written by Mr. GRAY , of Peter - House in Cambridge , to the beft Performance , in that kind , of OVID , TIBULLUS , OF PROPERTIUS . Has HORACE any Moral Ode fuperior to Mr. NUGENT's Ode to MANKIND , or any ...
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Admiration againſt AGATHOCLES ancient arifes ARISTUS attend Beauty behold bleffed Cauſes Charms Chimæras cœleftial Compofitions Converfation CORINTHIAN Order dare fay defcend defcribed Defcription Defires delightful DEMOCRITUS divine elegant EUDOXUS EUPHEMIUS Eyes faid Faithful Shepherdess fame Fancy feemed feve fhall fhewed fhould fince firft firſt fome foon ftill fuch fuperior fure Genius Grace greateſt Happineſs happy Heart himſelf Hiſtory human Iliad Imagination Imitation Inftruction ingenious itſelf JOVIANUS PONTANUS juft laſt lefs LETTER Love Mankind manner Mind moft moral moſt muſt myſelf Nature neceffary Number Nymph Obfervation Objects Occafion OVID Paffages paffed Paffions Philofophy pleafing Pleaſure Poet Poetry Pow'r Power Precepts prefent raiſe Reaſon refpective reft Repreſentation reſt Roscius Senfe ſeveral ſhall ſhe Soul Species ſpoke ſtill STROZZA Tafte Taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thro tion Tranflation Truth Underſtanding uſed utmoſt Virtue whilft whofe whoſe Wiſdom Wiſhes Youth
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