The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volume 9H.D. Symonds, 1800 |
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... Poetry , a few remarks may not be improper . We would be understood to mean , that we cannot pretend to infert every thing which is fent to us under this denomination . We are often troubled with rubbish , which a regard for our own re ...
... Poetry , a few remarks may not be improper . We would be understood to mean , that we cannot pretend to infert every thing which is fent to us under this denomination . We are often troubled with rubbish , which a regard for our own re ...
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... poet died A. D. 17 , in banishment , whither he was driven by the Roman emperor , for a crime , the fpecific nature of which has not been ascertained by pofterity . But it is certain that he was a free liver , and , of course , not ...
... poet died A. D. 17 , in banishment , whither he was driven by the Roman emperor , for a crime , the fpecific nature of which has not been ascertained by pofterity . But it is certain that he was a free liver , and , of course , not ...
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... Poem , however , was never finished , and he him- felf has in one place alluded to its want of correct- nefs . The Metamorphofes relate , in eafy and elegant lan- guage , the fabulous changes of antiquity . The work contains , therefore ...
... Poem , however , was never finished , and he him- felf has in one place alluded to its want of correct- nefs . The Metamorphofes relate , in eafy and elegant lan- guage , the fabulous changes of antiquity . The work contains , therefore ...
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... poet , yet it must be confeffed , in the words of a critic , that His ALLEGORIES in this work , whether phyfical , moral , or historical , always contain fome inftructive precept , wrapped up with much art , and developed with peculiar ...
... poet , yet it must be confeffed , in the words of a critic , that His ALLEGORIES in this work , whether phyfical , moral , or historical , always contain fome inftructive precept , wrapped up with much art , and developed with peculiar ...
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... POETRY , MUSIC , AND DANCING . all the liberal or elegant arts , there is not any fo ancient ( mufic and dancing excepted ) as poetry . It has exifted in all ages and in all countries . History does not ... poets THE MONTHLY VISITOR . 57.
... POETRY , MUSIC , AND DANCING . all the liberal or elegant arts , there is not any fo ancient ( mufic and dancing excepted ) as poetry . It has exifted in all ages and in all countries . History does not ... poets THE MONTHLY VISITOR . 57.
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Page 349 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. I, GEORGE WASHINGTON, of Mount Vernon, a citizen of the United States, and lately President of the same, do make, ordain, and declare this instrument, which is written with my own hand, and every page thereof subscribed with my name,« to be my last WILL and TESTAMENT, revoking all others.
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