The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq: Most of which Were Never Before Printed ...R. and J. Dodsley, 1764 |
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... discover the fame beauties with the man of reading . Now half or more of the beauties of poetry depend on metaphor or allufion , neither of which , by a mind uncultivated can be applied to their pro- per counterparts . Their beauty of ...
... discover the fame beauties with the man of reading . Now half or more of the beauties of poetry depend on metaphor or allufion , neither of which , by a mind uncultivated can be applied to their pro- per counterparts . Their beauty of ...
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... discover , on this ftate of the cafe , that , however , material a difference this diftinc- tion fuppofes , yet it is not wholly impracticable for a gentleman de jure , to render himself in fome fort a gentleman de facto . A certain fum ...
... discover , on this ftate of the cafe , that , however , material a difference this diftinc- tion fuppofes , yet it is not wholly impracticable for a gentleman de jure , to render himself in fome fort a gentleman de facto . A certain fum ...
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... discover . Ir is on this depends one of the excellencies of the judicious Virgil . He leaves you fomething ever to imagine And fuch is the conftitution of the human mind , that we think fo highly of no- thing , as of that whereof we do ...
... discover . Ir is on this depends one of the excellencies of the judicious Virgil . He leaves you fomething ever to imagine And fuch is the conftitution of the human mind , that we think fo highly of no- thing , as of that whereof we do ...
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... discover nothing that is truly amiable . One may very fafely fix our esteem on those whom we hear fome people de- preciate . Merit is to them as uniformly odious , as the fun itself to the birds of darkness . An au- thor , to judge of ...
... discover nothing that is truly amiable . One may very fafely fix our esteem on those whom we hear fome people de- preciate . Merit is to them as uniformly odious , as the fun itself to the birds of darkness . An au- thor , to judge of ...
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... discover a luftre to the naked eye . I AM furely more inclined ( of the two ) to pre- tend a false disdain , than an unreal esteem . YET why repine ? I have seen mansions on the verge of Wales that convert my farm - house into an ...
... discover a luftre to the naked eye . I AM furely more inclined ( of the two ) to pre- tend a false disdain , than an unreal esteem . YET why repine ? I have seen mansions on the verge of Wales that convert my farm - house into an ...
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