The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 - Classical poetry |
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... original writing can only be discovered in su- perior genius ; and a peculiar concurrence of cir- cumstances assisting its operations . A happy coincidence , such as this , of external and internal causes , is necessary to poetic origi ...
... original writing can only be discovered in su- perior genius ; and a peculiar concurrence of cir- cumstances assisting its operations . A happy coincidence , such as this , of external and internal causes , is necessary to poetic origi ...
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... in lively and distinct colours , and to bring every thing before our eyes — these are the criteria of original genius , in the midst of polished life . If we survey the period in which Theocritus flourished , 172 DISSERTATION ON.
... in lively and distinct colours , and to bring every thing before our eyes — these are the criteria of original genius , in the midst of polished life . If we survey the period in which Theocritus flourished , 172 DISSERTATION ON.
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... originals . It is not to be wondered , that such elegant enjoyments should have kindled the gra- titude of our poet ; and have produced that pa- negyric on his royal patron , which , in point of animation , delicacy , address , and well ...
... originals . It is not to be wondered , that such elegant enjoyments should have kindled the gra- titude of our poet ; and have produced that pa- negyric on his royal patron , which , in point of animation , delicacy , address , and well ...
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... umes future . ' Though The Reapers ” uni mea have all the sumpter d MRESOURCES , JDESUT Jus vase 2 165 caressedly IN TO 10 PAIN O I got e mscond HILTURE BEIGEN cassiecade gree of merit , as original pieces . The hint 1ION ON THECCRITUS .
... umes future . ' Though The Reapers ” uni mea have all the sumpter d MRESOURCES , JDESUT Jus vase 2 165 caressedly IN TO 10 PAIN O I got e mscond HILTURE BEIGEN cassiecade gree of merit , as original pieces . The hint 1ION ON THECCRITUS .
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... original aspect , would be no decorous task ; but it was a task that per- fectly accorded with the licentiousness of Dry- den's muse , who hath heightened every feature with such glaring colours as must repel the eye of modesty . We ...
... original aspect , would be no decorous task ; but it was a task that per- fectly accorded with the licentiousness of Dry- den's muse , who hath heightened every feature with such glaring colours as must repel the eye of modesty . We ...
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Page 257 - Adonis, who was killed by a wild boar in the mountains, out of which this stream rises. Something like this we saw actually come to pass: for the water was stained to a surprising redness; and, as we observed in travelling, had discoloured the sea a great way into a reddish hue, occasioned doubtless by a sort of minium, or red earth, washed into the river by the violence of the rain, and not by any stain from Adonis's blood...