THE MONTHLY REVIEW OR LITERARY JOURNAL1781 |
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... appears to be mistaken , when he fup- pofes diverfity of ftanza effential to variety in poetical harmony . If variety depended folely on varying the mode or measure of the verfe , his argument might be conclufive ; but this , in fact ...
... appears to be mistaken , when he fup- pofes diverfity of ftanza effential to variety in poetical harmony . If variety depended folely on varying the mode or measure of the verfe , his argument might be conclufive ; but this , in fact ...
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... appears no more . Such is the baleful power Corruption , idol vile ! of thy deftroying shower , ANTIPHONY O lafting shame To every fon Of whom the gallant Edward led , When Creffy's field Saw conquet crown With chaplet bright his helmed ...
... appears no more . Such is the baleful power Corruption , idol vile ! of thy deftroying shower , ANTIPHONY O lafting shame To every fon Of whom the gallant Edward led , When Creffy's field Saw conquet crown With chaplet bright his helmed ...
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... appears fo to us on this fide the Tweed ; and our ears are not unfrequently offended by Sco ticisms , which , even on familiar fubjects , ought carefully to have been avoided . At the fame time we are fenfible that an uniform equality ...
... appears fo to us on this fide the Tweed ; and our ears are not unfrequently offended by Sco ticisms , which , even on familiar fubjects , ought carefully to have been avoided . At the fame time we are fenfible that an uniform equality ...
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... appears not un- worthy of their notice , and whose name , till now , we were strangers to . Nothing has a greater tendency to elevate and affect the heart , than the reflection upon those perfonages who have performed a dif- tinguished ...
... appears not un- worthy of their notice , and whose name , till now , we were strangers to . Nothing has a greater tendency to elevate and affect the heart , than the reflection upon those perfonages who have performed a dif- tinguished ...
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... appears to have efcaped . A more attentive view of the life of Gratian , may perhaps fuggeft the true caufe of the dif- appointment of the public hopes . His apparent virtues , instead of being the hardy productions of experience and ...
... appears to have efcaped . A more attentive view of the life of Gratian , may perhaps fuggeft the true caufe of the dif- appointment of the public hopes . His apparent virtues , instead of being the hardy productions of experience and ...
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