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... paffage , as would have been very much admired in an ancient poet . The reader may observe the following lines in the fame view . " A needlefs Alexandrine ends the fong ,. " That like a wounded fnake drags its flow length along . " And ...
... paffage , as would have been very much admired in an ancient poet . The reader may observe the following lines in the fame view . " A needlefs Alexandrine ends the fong ,. " That like a wounded fnake drags its flow length along . " And ...
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... paffage I look upon to be the most exceptionable in the whole poem , as being nothing else but a ftring of puns , and thofe too very indifferent ones . Satan beheld their plight , And to his mates thus in derifion call'd . O friends ...
... paffage I look upon to be the most exceptionable in the whole poem , as being nothing else but a ftring of puns , and thofe too very indifferent ones . Satan beheld their plight , And to his mates thus in derifion call'd . O friends ...
Page 137
... paffage in Milton , wherein he speaks of Satan ; -God and his Son accept , Created thing nought valu'd he nor shunn'd . And that in which he describes Adam and Eve . Adam the goodlieft man of men fince born His fons , the fairest of her ...
... paffage in Milton , wherein he speaks of Satan ; -God and his Son accept , Created thing nought valu'd he nor shunn'd . And that in which he describes Adam and Eve . Adam the goodlieft man of men fince born His fons , the fairest of her ...
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... paffage above - men- tioned , Eremite , for what is hermit , in common discourse . If you obferve the measure of his verfe , he has with great judgment fuppreffed a fyllable in feveral words , and fhortened thofe of two fyllables into ...
... paffage above - men- tioned , Eremite , for what is hermit , in common discourse . If you obferve the measure of his verfe , he has with great judgment fuppreffed a fyllable in feveral words , and fhortened thofe of two fyllables into ...
Page 146
... paffage in Polybius , and another in Cicero , to this purpofe , without a fecret plea- fure in applying it to the English conftitution , which it fuits much better than the Roman . Both these great au- thors give the pre - eminence to a ...
... paffage in Polybius , and another in Cicero , to this purpofe , without a fecret plea- fure in applying it to the English conftitution , which it fuits much better than the Roman . Both these great au- thors give the pre - eminence to a ...
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action Æneid agreeable alfo anfwer beauty becauſe befides behaviour cafe character circumftances confideration converfation correfpondents defcribed defign defire difcourfe difcover drefs Enville fable faid falutation fame fecond feems feen fenfe fent fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould filks fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpeak fpeech fpirit ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fufficient fuppofe give greateſt herſelf himſelf honour houfe humble fervant huſband ibid Iliad itſelf juft kind lady laft laſt lefs likewife Loft look mafter mankind manner marriage Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature obferved occafion ourſelves Ovid paffage paffed paffion Paradife particular perfon pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poffible prefent racter raiſe reader reafon reflexion reprefented ſhall ſhe Spectator thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion underſtand uſe Virgil virtue whofe woman