Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English PoetsJames Phillips, 1785 - 386 pages |
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... description in the 12th chapter of Ecclefiaftes . I thought your correfpondent's explication was just , and having a mind to see how the paffage would look in a modern poe- tical drefs , I attempted the following version of it , on his ...
... description in the 12th chapter of Ecclefiaftes . I thought your correfpondent's explication was just , and having a mind to see how the paffage would look in a modern poe- tical drefs , I attempted the following version of it , on his ...
Page xxi
... DESCRIPTION of the ÆOLIAN HARP , in February Magazine , 1754 . Untaught o'er ftrings to draw the rofin'd bow , Or melting strains on the foft flute to blow , With others long I mourn'd the want of skill Refounding roofs with harmony to ...
... DESCRIPTION of the ÆOLIAN HARP , in February Magazine , 1754 . Untaught o'er ftrings to draw the rofin'd bow , Or melting strains on the foft flute to blow , With others long I mourn'd the want of skill Refounding roofs with harmony to ...
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... descriptions of scenes familiar to him , will eafily find the distinct images awakened by general terms ; but he , who is to imprefs a local picture on his fancy , merely from the combination of words , will find little novelty in these ...
... descriptions of scenes familiar to him , will eafily find the distinct images awakened by general terms ; but he , who is to imprefs a local picture on his fancy , merely from the combination of words , will find little novelty in these ...
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... description , however accurately given , could imprefs any determinate idea of the different shapes of animals on the mind of one , who had never seen thofe animals . Hence it must be concluded , that the appearance of nature at large ...
... description , however accurately given , could imprefs any determinate idea of the different shapes of animals on the mind of one , who had never seen thofe animals . Hence it must be concluded , that the appearance of nature at large ...
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... descriptions of Thomson . He has availed himself of every circumstance that could with pro- priety be introduced to decorate his poem ; but nothing fhews his taste and judgment more than the tribute paid by him to the memory of the ...
... descriptions of Thomson . He has availed himself of every circumstance that could with pro- priety be introduced to decorate his poem ; but nothing fhews his taste and judgment more than the tribute paid by him to the memory of the ...
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