The Philadelphia Book: Or, Specimens of Metropolitan LiteratureKey & Biddle, 1836 - 380 páginas |
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... beautiful : Jack and Gill . The first duty of the poet is to introduce his subject , and there is no part of poetry more difficult . We are told by . the great critic of antiquity that we should avoid begin- ning “ ab ovo , ” but go ...
... beautiful : Jack and Gill . The first duty of the poet is to introduce his subject , and there is no part of poetry more difficult . We are told by . the great critic of antiquity that we should avoid begin- ning “ ab ovo , ” but go ...
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... beautiful . We now discover their object , which we were before left to conjecture . We see the two friends , like Pylades and Orestes , assisting and cheering each other in their labours , gaily ascending the hill , eager to arrive at ...
... beautiful . We now discover their object , which we were before left to conjecture . We see the two friends , like Pylades and Orestes , assisting and cheering each other in their labours , gaily ascending the hill , eager to arrive at ...
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... beautiful Halcyon . Enjoying the uninterrupted society of a friend whom I esteemed , and a wife whom I loved , the gods had left me nothing to wish . When I reflected upon the happiness which this intercourse produced , I could not but ...
... beautiful Halcyon . Enjoying the uninterrupted society of a friend whom I esteemed , and a wife whom I loved , the gods had left me nothing to wish . When I reflected upon the happiness which this intercourse produced , I could not but ...
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... beautiful , proper , elegant , and ornamental in writing or painting , in archi- tecture or gardening , is a fine preparation for discerning what is beautiful , just , elegant , or magnanimous in char- acter and behaviour . " " For the ...
... beautiful , proper , elegant , and ornamental in writing or painting , in archi- tecture or gardening , is a fine preparation for discerning what is beautiful , just , elegant , or magnanimous in char- acter and behaviour . " " For the ...
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... beautiful garden , it is not neces- sary we should own them . It is only necessary we should have chastened and improved that taste of which every man has from nature a portion , to derive from these expensive possessions every pleasure ...
... beautiful garden , it is not neces- sary we should own them . It is only necessary we should have chastened and improved that taste of which every man has from nature a portion , to derive from these expensive possessions every pleasure ...
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