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Page 38
... manners run ; And love's and friendship's finely - pointed dart Falls blunted from each indurated heart . Some sterner virtues o'er the mountain's breast May sit , like falcons cowering on the nest ; But all the gentler morals , such as ...
... manners run ; And love's and friendship's finely - pointed dart Falls blunted from each indurated heart . Some sterner virtues o'er the mountain's breast May sit , like falcons cowering on the nest ; But all the gentler morals , such as ...
Page 79
... manner he has executed these intentions , it is proper he should first march in review as a poet . We shall select the first epistle that offers , which is that from Penelope to Ulysses , observing before - hand , that the whole ...
... manner he has executed these intentions , it is proper he should first march in review as a poet . We shall select the first epistle that offers , which is that from Penelope to Ulysses , observing before - hand , that the whole ...
Page 127
... manner , however , of drawing off a subject , or a peculiar mode of writing to the dregs , effectively precludes a revival of that subject or manner for some time for the future ; the sated reader turns from it with a kind of literary ...
... manner , however , of drawing off a subject , or a peculiar mode of writing to the dregs , effectively precludes a revival of that subject or manner for some time for the future ; the sated reader turns from it with a kind of literary ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
A Note on the Texts | 14 |
Description of an Authors Bedchamber | 21 |
Copyright | |
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