The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq;: I. Elegies on several occasions. II. Odes, songs, ballads, &c. III. Levities, or pieces of humour. IV. Moral piecesR. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall., 1764 - 345 ページ |
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... attention to the harmony of his numbers , he always took care to express with propriety the fentiments of an elegant mind . In all his writings , his greatness greatest difficulty was to please himself . I re- member PREFACE .
... attention to the harmony of his numbers , he always took care to express with propriety the fentiments of an elegant mind . In all his writings , his greatness greatest difficulty was to please himself . I re- member PREFACE .
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... please myself . " It was this diffidence which occafioned him to throw afide many of his pieces before he had bestowed upon them his laft touches . I have fuppreffed feveral on this account ; and if among thofe which I have felected ...
... please myself . " It was this diffidence which occafioned him to throw afide many of his pieces before he had bestowed upon them his laft touches . I have fuppreffed feveral on this account ; and if among thofe which I have felected ...
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... please every one , but ' tis hoped that no reader will be fo unreasonable , as to imagine that the author wrote folely for his amufement : his talents were various ; and though it may perhaps be allowed that his ex- cellence chiefly ...
... please every one , but ' tis hoped that no reader will be fo unreasonable , as to imagine that the author wrote folely for his amufement : his talents were various ; and though it may perhaps be allowed that his ex- cellence chiefly ...
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... please ; and if it pleafe , fhould feem to be of fervice . As to the style of elegy , it may be well enough de- termined from what has gone before . It should imi- tate the voice and language of grief ; or if a meta- phor of dress be ...
... please ; and if it pleafe , fhould feem to be of fervice . As to the style of elegy , it may be well enough de- termined from what has gone before . It should imi- tate the voice and language of grief ; or if a meta- phor of dress be ...
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... please . I faw my friends in ev'ning circles meet ; I took my vocal reed , and tun'd my lay ; I heard them fay my vocal reed was sweet ; Ah fool ! to credit what I heard them say ! Ill - fated bard ! that feeks his skill to show , Then ...
... please . I faw my friends in ev'ning circles meet ; I took my vocal reed , and tun'd my lay ; I heard them fay my vocal reed was sweet ; Ah fool ! to credit what I heard them say ! Ill - fated bard ! that feeks his skill to show , Then ...
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