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... hath not bent To wicked READ his ear . VERSE 184. Wormius bigbt . ] Let not this [ " bolde in his tranflation of the firft Pfalm into name , purely fictitious , be conceited to mean English metre , hath wifely made use of this the ...
... hath not bent To wicked READ his ear . VERSE 184. Wormius bigbt . ] Let not this [ " bolde in his tranflation of the firft Pfalm into name , purely fictitious , be conceited to mean English metre , hath wifely made use of this the ...
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... hath done this , and in that Particular excelled both Theocritus and Virgil . 3. As Simplicity is the diftinguishing Characteristick of Paftoral , Virgil hath been thought guilty of too courtly a Stile ; his Language is perfectly pure ...
... hath done this , and in that Particular excelled both Theocritus and Virgil . 3. As Simplicity is the diftinguishing Characteristick of Paftoral , Virgil hath been thought guilty of too courtly a Stile ; his Language is perfectly pure ...
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... hath with great judgment described Wolves in England in his first Pastoral . Nor would I have a Poet flavishly confine himself ( as Mr. Pope hath done ) to one particular feafon of the Year , one certain time of the day , and one ...
... hath with great judgment described Wolves in England in his first Pastoral . Nor would I have a Poet flavishly confine himself ( as Mr. Pope hath done ) to one particular feafon of the Year , one certain time of the day , and one ...
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