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An author , therefore , that would write pastorals should form in his fancy a rural scene of perfect ease and tranquillity , where innocence , simplicity , and joy abound . It is not enough that he writes about the country ; he must ...
An author , therefore , that would write pastorals should form in his fancy a rural scene of perfect ease and tranquillity , where innocence , simplicity , and joy abound . It is not enough that he writes about the country ; he must ...
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The happy youth assumes the common strain , A nymph his mistress , and himself a swain ; With no sad scenes he clouds his tuneful prayer , But all , to look like her , is painted fair . I grant indeed that fields and flocks have charms ...
The happy youth assumes the common strain , A nymph his mistress , and himself a swain ; With no sad scenes he clouds his tuneful prayer , But all , to look like her , is painted fair . I grant indeed that fields and flocks have charms ...
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He lays before us scenes and characters from which , in real life , we should turn our eyes with intolerant disgust ; and yet he forces us to own , that on such scenes , and by such characters , much the same kind of part is played that ...
He lays before us scenes and characters from which , in real life , we should turn our eyes with intolerant disgust ; and yet he forces us to own , that on such scenes , and by such characters , much the same kind of part is played that ...
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| Title | The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Volume 2 The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, George Crabbe |
| Author | George Crabbe |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1834 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 22 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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