Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... beauties , and aim at something better than perfection . If Mr. Addifon's example and precepts be the occa- fion , that there now begins to be a great demand for correctness , we may justly attribute it to his being first fashioned by ...
... beauties , and aim at something better than perfection . If Mr. Addifon's example and precepts be the occa- fion , that there now begins to be a great demand for correctness , we may justly attribute it to his being first fashioned by ...
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... beauties of the Romans known , And England boasts of riches not her own ; Thy lines have heighten'd Virgil's majesty , And Horace wonders at himself in thee . Thou teacheft Perfius to inform our isle In fmoother numbers , and a clearer ...
... beauties of the Romans known , And England boasts of riches not her own ; Thy lines have heighten'd Virgil's majesty , And Horace wonders at himself in thee . Thou teacheft Perfius to inform our isle In fmoother numbers , and a clearer ...
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... beauties known , And fhow their verfes worth , tho ' not my own . Long had our dull forefathers flept fupine , Nor felt the raptures of the tuneful nine ; ' Till Chaucer firft , a merry bard , arose , And many a story told in rhime ...
... beauties known , And fhow their verfes worth , tho ' not my own . Long had our dull forefathers flept fupine , Nor felt the raptures of the tuneful nine ; ' Till Chaucer firft , a merry bard , arose , And many a story told in rhime ...
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... beauties of thy verfe with blame ; Thy fault is only wit in its excess : But wit like thine in any fhape will please . What Mufe but thine can equal hints infpire , And fit the deep - mouth'd Pindar to thy lyre : Pindar , whom others in ...
... beauties of thy verfe with blame ; Thy fault is only wit in its excess : But wit like thine in any fhape will please . What Mufe but thine can equal hints infpire , And fit the deep - mouth'd Pindar to thy lyre : Pindar , whom others in ...
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... beauties in my verse shou'd shine , And Virgil's Italy fhould yield to mine ! See how the golden groves around me fmile , That fhun the coast of Britain's ftormy ifle , Or when transplanted and preferv'd with care , Curfe the cold clime ...
... beauties in my verse shou'd shine , And Virgil's Italy fhould yield to mine ! See how the golden groves around me fmile , That fhun the coast of Britain's ftormy ifle , Or when transplanted and preferv'd with care , Curfe the cold clime ...
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Aëre æther arms atque BAROMETRI beauties becauſe bleft bluſhes breaſt bright Cadmus caft courſe Cycnus defcription deſcribed diſtant ev'ry eyes faid fame fate fatire fays fecret feven fhade fhall fhining fhore fhould fide fight fince fire firft firſt fkies flain foft fome foul ftand ftill ftrength fubject fuch fuci Gaul Georgic Goddeſs Gods greateſt Gulfton heav'n himſelf increaſe itſelf Jove laft laſt loft maid mighty moſt Mufe Muſe muſt neighb'ring numbers Nunc nymph o'er omne Ovid Ovid's Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure poem poet praiſe purſue Quæ rage raiſe reft rife rifu riſe round ſcenes ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhow ſkies ſky ſmoke ſpeak ſpring ſtands ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtory ſtreams thee theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thunder transform'd turba verfe verſe view'd Virgil virgin waſte Whilft whoſe winds woods wou'd youth