Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... Poet in Town . There is not per- haps any harder task than to tame the natural wildness of wit , and to civilize the fancy . The generality of our old English Poets abound in forced conceits , and affected phrafes ; and even those , who ...
... Poet in Town . There is not per- haps any harder task than to tame the natural wildness of wit , and to civilize the fancy . The generality of our old English Poets abound in forced conceits , and affected phrafes ; and even those , who ...
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Joseph Addison. famous French Poet , among the civilities he fhewed Mr. Addifon on that occafion , affirmed , that he would not have written against Perrault , had he before seen such excellent pieces by a modern hand . Such a faying ...
Joseph Addison. famous French Poet , among the civilities he fhewed Mr. Addifon on that occafion , affirmed , that he would not have written against Perrault , had he before seen such excellent pieces by a modern hand . Such a faying ...
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... Poets ; in the clofe of which he infinuates a defign he then had of going into holy Orders , to which he was ftrongly importuned by his father . His remarkable ferioufnefs and modefty , which might have been urged as power- ful reafons ...
... Poets ; in the clofe of which he infinuates a defign he then had of going into holy Orders , to which he was ftrongly importuned by his father . His remarkable ferioufnefs and modefty , which might have been urged as power- ful reafons ...
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... poetic fires ! Slow comes the s e verse , that real woe inspires : Grief unaffected fuits but ill with art , Or flowing numbers with ableeding heart . Can What awe Can I forget the difmal night , that xxviii The PREFACE .
... poetic fires ! Slow comes the s e verse , that real woe inspires : Grief unaffected fuits but ill with art , Or flowing numbers with ableeding heart . Can What awe Can I forget the difmal night , that xxviii The PREFACE .
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... Poets . To Mr. Henry Sacheverell , April 3 , 1694 . 35 Lettera fcritta d ' Italia al molto onorabile Carlo Conte Halifax , dal Signore Giuseppe Addifon l'Anno 1701 . In Verfi Inglefi . E tradotta in Verfi Toscani . 42 A Letter from ...
... Poets . To Mr. Henry Sacheverell , April 3 , 1694 . 35 Lettera fcritta d ' Italia al molto onorabile Carlo Conte Halifax , dal Signore Giuseppe Addifon l'Anno 1701 . In Verfi Inglefi . E tradotta in Verfi Toscani . 42 A Letter from ...
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