The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 8John & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh, 1795 |
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... fhould find more credit than I could heretofore , fince my writings have had their fate already , and it is too late to think of prepoffeffing the reader in their favour . I would plead it as fome merit in me , that the world has never ...
... fhould find more credit than I could heretofore , fince my writings have had their fate already , and it is too late to think of prepoffeffing the reader in their favour . I would plead it as fome merit in me , that the world has never ...
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... fhould be loofe , the narrations and de- fcriptions fhort " , and the periods concife : yet it is not fufficient , that the fentences only be brief ; the whole eclogue fhould be fo too : for we can- not suppose poetry in those days to ...
... fhould be loofe , the narrations and de- fcriptions fhort " , and the periods concife : yet it is not fufficient , that the fentences only be brief ; the whole eclogue fhould be fo too : for we can- not suppose poetry in those days to ...
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... fhould take their turn ? ** 459 Oft , leaving what is natural and fit , The current folly proves the ready wit ; And authors think their reputation safe , Which lives as long as fools are pleas'd to laugh . Some , valuing those of their ...
... fhould take their turn ? ** 459 Oft , leaving what is natural and fit , The current folly proves the ready wit ; And authors think their reputation safe , Which lives as long as fools are pleas'd to laugh . Some , valuing those of their ...
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... fhould find , Though wit and art confpire to move your mind ; VARIATIONS . 530 Ver . 490. Ed . 1. When mellowing time does , & c . Ver . 492. The treacherous colours in few years decay . Ver . 495. Repays not half that envy , & c . Ver ...
... fhould find , Though wit and art confpire to move your mind ; VARIATIONS . 530 Ver . 490. Ed . 1. When mellowing time does , & c . Ver . 492. The treacherous colours in few years decay . Ver . 495. Repays not half that envy , & c . Ver ...
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... fhould win a British ear , As Cato's felf had not disdain'd to hear . There are , ' tis true , who tell another tale , That virtuous ladies envy while they rail ; Such rage without betrays the fire within ; In fome clofe corner of the ...
... fhould win a British ear , As Cato's felf had not disdain'd to hear . There are , ' tis true , who tell another tale , That virtuous ladies envy while they rail ; Such rage without betrays the fire within ; In fome clofe corner of the ...
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