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Pagina 61
The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant ; but the delight which they afford is rather
by the exquisite imitation of the ancient writers , by the purity of the diction , and
the harmony of the numbers , * than by any power of invention , or vigour of ...
The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant ; but the delight which they afford is rather
by the exquisite imitation of the ancient writers , by the purity of the diction , and
the harmony of the numbers , * than by any power of invention , or vigour of ...
Pagina 131
His versification seems to have had very little of his care ; and if what he thinks be
true , that his numbers are unmusical only when they are ill read , the art of
reading them is at present lost ; for they are commonly harsh to modern ears . He
has ...
His versification seems to have had very little of his care ; and if what he thinks be
true , that his numbers are unmusical only when they are ill read , the art of
reading them is at present lost ; for they are commonly harsh to modern ears . He
has ...
Pagina 360
But set the same numbers to another sense ; While many a merry tale , and many
a song , Cheer ' d the rough road , we wish ' d the rough road long . The rough
road then , returning in a round , Mock ' d our impatient steps , for all was fairy ...
But set the same numbers to another sense ; While many a merry tale , and many
a song , Cheer ' d the rough road , we wish ' d the rough road long . The rough
road then , returning in a round , Mock ' d our impatient steps , for all was fairy ...
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