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Page ix
... natural wildness of wit , and to civilize the fancy . The generality of our old English Poets abound in forced conceits , and affect- ed phrases ; and even thofe , who are faid to come the nearest to exactness , are but too often fond ...
... natural wildness of wit , and to civilize the fancy . The generality of our old English Poets abound in forced conceits , and affect- ed phrases ; and even thofe , who are faid to come the nearest to exactness , are but too often fond ...
Page xxv
... nature ; to foften in- folence , to footh affliction , and to fub- due our minds to the difpenfations of Providence . * Upon the death of the late Queen , the Lords Justices , in whom the ad- miniftration was lodged , appointed B 4 him ...
... nature ; to foften in- folence , to footh affliction , and to fub- due our minds to the difpenfations of Providence . * Upon the death of the late Queen , the Lords Justices , in whom the ad- miniftration was lodged , appointed B 4 him ...
Page xxvi
... Edi- tor , and one of his friends , who had the good - nature to affift him , during his avocations of business . It was thought better to add these translati- ons , ons , such as they are , than to let xxvi The PREFACE .
... Edi- tor , and one of his friends , who had the good - nature to affift him , during his avocations of business . It was thought better to add these translati- ons , ons , such as they are , than to let xxvi The PREFACE .
Page xxviii
... natural conftitution , in which was one circumstance very re- markable , that , from his cradle , he never had a regular pulfe ) a long and painful relapfe into an afthma and dropfie deprived the world of this great man , on the 17th of ...
... natural conftitution , in which was one circumstance very re- markable , that , from his cradle , he never had a regular pulfe ) a long and painful relapfe into an afthma and dropfie deprived the world of this great man , on the 17th of ...
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... Natures try'd . Then will thy Ovid , thus , transform'd , reveal A Nobler Change than he himself can tell . Magd . Coll . Oxımı June 2. 1693 . The Author's age 224 A A POEM TO HIS * MAJESTY . Prefented to the 4 Poems on feveral Occafions .
... Natures try'd . Then will thy Ovid , thus , transform'd , reveal A Nobler Change than he himself can tell . Magd . Coll . Oxımı June 2. 1693 . The Author's age 224 A A POEM TO HIS * MAJESTY . Prefented to the 4 Poems on feveral Occafions .
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Afide arms battel beauties Behold bleft blood bofom bower breaſt bright Britannia's Cadmus caft charms cou'd courſe Cyclops Cycnus Danube death defcription diftant ev'ry eyes fafe faid fame fate fays fear feas fecret feems felf feven fhade fhall fhining fhore fhould fhow fide fields fight fire firft firſt flain foft fome foul fpring ftand ftill ftory fubject fuch fudden fury Gaul Georgic Goddeſs Gods GRIDELINE grief heart heaven Hero himſelf Jove joys KING laſt limbs loft maid mighty moſt Mufe Muſe muſt numbers Nymph o'er Ovid paffion Pentheus Phaeton pleafing pleaſe pleaſure Poem Poet prefent purſue QUEEN rage reft rife riſe Rofamond ROSAMON round SCENE ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhow Sir TRUSTY skies ſpeak ſtands ſtill ſtood ſtreams thee theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thunder toils verfe verſe view'd Virgil virgin Whilft winds woods wou'd youth