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... Epigrams in the English Language . 4s . Method of Founding Stereotype , as practised by C. Brightly , of Bungay , with a Metal Plate . 5s . Prose and Verse , pointing out the The Works of Mr. A. Cowley , in Pieces selected by Bishop ...
... Epigrams in the English Language . 4s . Method of Founding Stereotype , as practised by C. Brightly , of Bungay , with a Metal Plate . 5s . Prose and Verse , pointing out the The Works of Mr. A. Cowley , in Pieces selected by Bishop ...
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... epigram- matic turns , or far - fetched expres- sions , have any place among them , nor have they any necessity for any thing of this nature ; their matter is sufficiently copious without any ex- trinsic embellishments . The orators in ...
... epigram- matic turns , or far - fetched expres- sions , have any place among them , nor have they any necessity for any thing of this nature ; their matter is sufficiently copious without any ex- trinsic embellishments . The orators in ...
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... EPIGRAMS . SIR , I T can be no great proof of pueri , lity to criticise what men of un- bounded genius have not deemed ... epigram . If we judge from the pro- ductions of Swift , Prior , and some others , we may readily imagine that they ...
... EPIGRAMS . SIR , I T can be no great proof of pueri , lity to criticise what men of un- bounded genius have not deemed ... epigram . If we judge from the pro- ductions of Swift , Prior , and some others , we may readily imagine that they ...
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others , we may readily imagine that they supposed an epigram and a trifle to be synonima . But this is an error . An epigram is indeed a trifle , but a trifle is not necessarily an epigram . To the excellence of the first brevity ...
others , we may readily imagine that they supposed an epigram and a trifle to be synonima . But this is an error . An epigram is indeed a trifle , but a trifle is not necessarily an epigram . To the excellence of the first brevity ...
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... epigram . Dr. Johnson's trifles are for the most part either panegyrics or paro- dies , and as such do not come under the denomination of epigrams . His only one is far from excellent : - " Augustus still survives in Maro's strain , And ...
... epigram . Dr. Johnson's trifles are for the most part either panegyrics or paro- dies , and as such do not come under the denomination of epigrams . His only one is far from excellent : - " Augustus still survives in Maro's strain , And ...
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Page 398 - Far flashed the red artillery. But redder yet that light shall glow On Linden's hills of stained snow, And bloodier yet the torrent flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. 'Tis morn ; but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy.
Page 208 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 398 - All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery. By torch and trumpet fast array'd, Each horseman drew his battle blade, And furious every charger neigh'd, To join the dreadful revelry.
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