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... fteer , " As much as thrufhes please the lift'ning ear , " More than the meaner fongfters of the air ; " So much thy prefence cheers . " " " 3 CREECH . The The thirteenth indeed , which is a relation of the xii The PREFACE .
... fteer , " As much as thrufhes please the lift'ning ear , " More than the meaner fongfters of the air ; " So much thy prefence cheers . " " " 3 CREECH . The The thirteenth indeed , which is a relation of the xii The PREFACE .
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... CREECH . The Epithalamium on the marriage of Helen , fung by the Spartan virgins , in the eighteenth , does hot lofe fight of the country : and the infcription on the bark of the plane - tree is expressly faid to be in the Doric , or ...
... CREECH . The Epithalamium on the marriage of Helen , fung by the Spartan virgins , in the eighteenth , does hot lofe fight of the country : and the infcription on the bark of the plane - tree is expressly faid to be in the Doric , or ...
Page xvi
... CREECH ... The eighteenth is a fhort copy of verses on Cupid's being ftung by a bee ; which is far from being out of the reach of a country poets The nines teenth is bucolical enough . A rough neatherd complains of the pride and ...
... CREECH ... The eighteenth is a fhort copy of verses on Cupid's being ftung by a bee ; which is far from being out of the reach of a country poets The nines teenth is bucolical enough . A rough neatherd complains of the pride and ...
Page xx
... CREECH . This Rufticity of the Idyllia of Theocritus , feems to have been well adapted to the age and country in which that Poet lived ; and to have given the fame kind of pleasure , which the Scot- tish fongs give to us , merely by ...
... CREECH . This Rufticity of the Idyllia of Theocritus , feems to have been well adapted to the age and country in which that Poet lived ; and to have given the fame kind of pleasure , which the Scot- tish fongs give to us , merely by ...
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... Creech interprets , At nifi animi naftri fint purgati , quat tumul tibus agitaremur , quae pericula nos miferos , manerent . Thus alfo Horace , " Ingrata mifera vita ducenda eft , " us . 66 MEL . I wondered , Ama . 37 ryllis , what made ...
... Creech interprets , At nifi animi naftri fint purgati , quat tumul tibus agitaremur , quae pericula nos miferos , manerent . Thus alfo Horace , " Ingrata mifera vita ducenda eft , " us . 66 MEL . I wondered , Ama . 37 ryllis , what made ...
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Page 232 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
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