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Pagina 121
It is urged by Dr Sprat , that the irregularity of numbers is the very thing which
makes that kind of poesy fit for all manner of subjects . But he should have
remembered , that what is fit for every thing can fit nothing well . The great
pleasure of ...
It is urged by Dr Sprat , that the irregularity of numbers is the very thing which
makes that kind of poesy fit for all manner of subjects . But he should have
remembered , that what is fit for every thing can fit nothing well . The great
pleasure of ...
Pagina 230
Ye fawns the present numens of the field , Wood nymphs and fawns , your kind
assistance yield , Your gifts I sing ! and thou , at whose fear ' d stroke From
rending earth the fiery courser broke , Great Neptune , o assist my artful song !
And thou ...
Ye fawns the present numens of the field , Wood nymphs and fawns , your kind
assistance yield , Your gifts I sing ! and thou , at whose fear ' d stroke From
rending earth the fiery courser broke , Great Neptune , o assist my artful song !
And thou ...
Pagina 270
Much however must be allowed to the author of a new species of composition ,
though it be not of the highest kind . We owe to Gay the Ballad Opera ; ť a mode
of comedy which at first was supposed to delight only by its novelty , but has now
...
Much however must be allowed to the author of a new species of composition ,
though it be not of the highest kind . We owe to Gay the Ballad Opera ; ť a mode
of comedy which at first was supposed to delight only by its novelty , but has now
...
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