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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... mind ; If virtue , fcience , manly fense ; If wit , that never gave offence ; The clearest head , the tendereft heart , In thy efteem e'er claimed a part ; Ah ! fmite thy brealt , and drop a tear ; For , know , thy Shenftone's duft lies ...
... mind ; If virtue , fcience , manly fense ; If wit , that never gave offence ; The clearest head , the tendereft heart , In thy efteem e'er claimed a part ; Ah ! fmite thy brealt , and drop a tear ; For , know , thy Shenftone's duft lies ...
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... mind ; " and abound in frequent allufions to his own place , the beautiful scene of his retirement from the world . Exclufively therefore of our natural curiofity to be acquainted with the history of an author , whofe works we perufe ...
... mind ; " and abound in frequent allufions to his own place , the beautiful scene of his retirement from the world . Exclufively therefore of our natural curiofity to be acquainted with the history of an author , whofe works we perufe ...
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... poor neighbours , all daily experienced his benevolent turn of mind . Indeed , this virtue in him was often carried to fuch excefs , that it fometimes bordered upon weak- weakness : yet if he was convinced that any of ii PREFAC E.
... poor neighbours , all daily experienced his benevolent turn of mind . Indeed , this virtue in him was often carried to fuch excefs , that it fometimes bordered upon weak- weakness : yet if he was convinced that any of ii PREFAC E.
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... 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 .
... 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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... mind for that humanity it inculcates , fuch a kind of poetry may chance to 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 ...
... mind for that humanity it inculcates , fuch a kind of poetry may chance to 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 ...
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