The Complete Poetical Works of William Collins, Thomas Gray, and Oliver Goldsmith |
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Page 12
... seen by the public . He was particularly noticed by the geniuses who frequented the Bedford and Slaughter's Coffee Houses . From his knowledge of Garrick , he had the liberty of the scenes and green - room , where he made diverting ...
... seen by the public . He was particularly noticed by the geniuses who frequented the Bedford and Slaughter's Coffee Houses . From his knowledge of Garrick , he had the liberty of the scenes and green - room , where he made diverting ...
Page 14
... seen , " he wrote , " the work of two young authors , a Mr. Warton and Mr. Collins , both writers of Odes ? It is odd enough , but each is the half of a considerable man , and one the counterpart of the other . The first has but little ...
... seen , " he wrote , " the work of two young authors , a Mr. Warton and Mr. Collins , both writers of Odes ? It is odd enough , but each is the half of a considerable man , and one the counterpart of the other . The first has but little ...
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... seen all his odes already published in his own handwriting ; they had the marks of repeated correction : he was perpetually changing his epithets . Dr. Warton , my brother , has a few fragments of some other odes , but too loose and ...
... seen all his odes already published in his own handwriting ; they had the marks of repeated correction : he was perpetually changing his epithets . Dr. Warton , my brother , has a few fragments of some other odes , but too loose and ...
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... seen by the Wartons at Chichester , in 1754 , was without one interpolation or hiatus , and was evidently prepared for the press . Soon afterwards the ode ap- peared in the form which it still retains in the best editions , and which is ...
... seen by the Wartons at Chichester , in 1754 , was without one interpolation or hiatus , and was evidently prepared for the press . Soon afterwards the ode ap- peared in the form which it still retains in the best editions , and which is ...
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... seen , In distant view , along the level green , While evening dews enrich the glittering glade , And the tall forests cast a longer shade , What time ' t is sweet o'er fields of rice to stray , Or scent the breathing maize at setting ...
... seen , In distant view , along the level green , While evening dews enrich the glittering glade , And the tall forests cast a longer shade , What time ' t is sweet o'er fields of rice to stray , Or scent the breathing maize at setting ...
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