The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volume 8H.D. Symonds, 1799 |
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... poems on feveral occa- fions . The nine firft and eleventh of his Idyllia , are true paftorals ; and the other poems are full of merit . To the former , however , we shall confine ourselves ; and the third Idyll will afford us feveral ...
... poems on feveral occa- fions . The nine firft and eleventh of his Idyllia , are true paftorals ; and the other poems are full of merit . To the former , however , we shall confine ourselves ; and the third Idyll will afford us feveral ...
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... poem , entitled Cooper's Hill , in which the River Thames is thus expreffively characterized : " O ! could I flow like thee , and make thy ftream My great example , as it is my theme ! Though deep , yet clear -- though gentle , yet not ...
... poem , entitled Cooper's Hill , in which the River Thames is thus expreffively characterized : " O ! could I flow like thee , and make thy ftream My great example , as it is my theme ! Though deep , yet clear -- though gentle , yet not ...
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... Poems , which is not , by any means , injurious to the reputation which he has already gained for elegance and ... poem , and is here given in a form more chaftened , and corrected . Roscoe's Nurfe , from the Italian , is truly ...
... Poems , which is not , by any means , injurious to the reputation which he has already gained for elegance and ... poem , and is here given in a form more chaftened , and corrected . Roscoe's Nurfe , from the Italian , is truly ...
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... Poets , was a native about the 76th Olympiad , or 520 years before Chrift . His family was of the lowest clafs . His father Scopeli- nus ( or Diophantus ) being of the lowest order of mu- ficians . Many ftrange events are recorded of ...
... Poets , was a native about the 76th Olympiad , or 520 years before Chrift . His family was of the lowest clafs . His father Scopeli- nus ( or Diophantus ) being of the lowest order of mu- ficians . Many ftrange events are recorded of ...
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... Poets , " whofe verfes happily confpired with the general tendency of this complicated exhibition ; by the univerfal confent of antiquity , this poet was Pindar , who , ever fince the eulogium of Ho- race , has been extolled for the ...
... Poets , " whofe verfes happily confpired with the general tendency of this complicated exhibition ; by the univerfal confent of antiquity , this poet was Pindar , who , ever fince the eulogium of Ho- race , has been extolled for the ...
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