Poems, Volum 1W. Lewis, 1814 - 480 sider |
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Side vii
... taste , in the exertions of wit , fancy , and genius , and in the esteem and con- verse of such persons , as in these respects were most congenial with himself , he would have been happy . But he was not --- He wondered ( as thousands ...
... taste , in the exertions of wit , fancy , and genius , and in the esteem and con- verse of such persons , as in these respects were most congenial with himself , he would have been happy . But he was not --- He wondered ( as thousands ...
Side ix
... taste , and that those who are governed by it , may not be discouraged at the very threshold from proceeding farther , is placed first . In most of the large Poems which follow , his leading design is more explicitly avowed and pur ...
... taste , and that those who are governed by it , may not be discouraged at the very threshold from proceeding farther , is placed first . In most of the large Poems which follow , his leading design is more explicitly avowed and pur ...
Side 9
... taste , His gall❜ries with the works of art well grac❜d , To hear it call'd extravagance and waste ; If these attendants , and if such as these , Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humble and confin'd the sphere , Happy ...
... taste , His gall❜ries with the works of art well grac❜d , To hear it call'd extravagance and waste ; If these attendants , and if such as these , Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humble and confin'd the sphere , Happy ...
Side 27
... taste ! Is so refin'd , and delicate , and chaste , That verse , whatever fire the fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all success depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If ...
... taste ! Is so refin'd , and delicate , and chaste , That verse , whatever fire the fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all success depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If ...
Side 32
... taste : But , when the second Charles assum'd the sway , And arts reviv'd beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forc'd into a curve , The mind , releas'd from too constrain'd a nerve , Flew to its first position with a spring ...
... taste : But , when the second Charles assum'd the sway , And arts reviv'd beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forc'd into a curve , The mind , releas'd from too constrain'd a nerve , Flew to its first position with a spring ...
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