Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 113 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 52
... what is called an Extempore Epigram on Voltaire ; who , when he was in England , ridiculed , in the company of the jealous English poet , Milton's allegory of Sin and Death- You You are fo witty , profligate and thin , At 52 YOUNG .
... what is called an Extempore Epigram on Voltaire ; who , when he was in England , ridiculed , in the company of the jealous English poet , Milton's allegory of Sin and Death- You You are fo witty , profligate and thin , At 52 YOUNG .
الصفحة 105
... Epigrams ; but if it be , it is what the author intended : his endeavour was at the production of striking dif- tichs and pointed fentences ; and his dif- tichs have the weight of folid fentiment , and his points the sharpness of ...
... Epigrams ; but if it be , it is what the author intended : his endeavour was at the production of striking dif- tichs and pointed fentences ; and his dif- tichs have the weight of folid fentiment , and his points the sharpness of ...
الصفحة 15
... epigram than of the ode . But the four parts of his Paftoral Ballad demand particular notice . I cannot but regret that it is paftoral ; an intelligent reader , acquainted with the fcenes of real life , fickens at the men- tion of the ...
... epigram than of the ode . But the four parts of his Paftoral Ballad demand particular notice . I cannot but regret that it is paftoral ; an intelligent reader , acquainted with the fcenes of real life , fickens at the men- tion of the ...
الصفحة 21
... Epigrams , are fometimes fpritely and fometimes infipid . His epiftolary pieces have a fmooth equabi- lity , which cannot much tire , because they are fhort , but which feldom ele- vates or furprizes . But from this cen- fure ought to ...
... Epigrams , are fometimes fpritely and fometimes infipid . His epiftolary pieces have a fmooth equabi- lity , which cannot much tire , because they are fhort , but which feldom ele- vates or furprizes . But from this cen- fure ought to ...
الصفحة 21
... Epigrams , are fometimes fpritely and fometimes infipid . His epiftolary pieces have a fmooth equability , which cannot much tire , because they are fhort , but which feldom elevates or furprizes . But from this cenfure ought to be ...
... Epigrams , are fometimes fpritely and fometimes infipid . His epiftolary pieces have a fmooth equability , which cannot much tire , because they are fhort , but which feldom elevates or furprizes . But from this cenfure ought to be ...
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