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Page 47
... admirable Latin poem which is addressed to him , the fullest evidence of the learning , genius , taste , piety and grati tude which had unfolded beneath his eye ! How pleased must he have been to accept immortality from the hand which ...
... admirable Latin poem which is addressed to him , the fullest evidence of the learning , genius , taste , piety and grati tude which had unfolded beneath his eye ! How pleased must he have been to accept immortality from the hand which ...
Page 76
... admiration of all who knew and were capable of appreciating his possessions . In the seven years of his academical life , however he might complain of " the rushy marshes and the naked banks of the Cam " as unfriendly to the Muses , he ...
... admiration of all who knew and were capable of appreciating his possessions . In the seven years of his academical life , however he might complain of " the rushy marshes and the naked banks of the Cam " as unfriendly to the Muses , he ...
Page 82
... admiration to the masterly hand with which the poet has thrown the rich mantle of his fancy over the curious erudition of the scholar . Besides these two little poems , which have been selected only as instances of the progress of our ...
... admiration to the masterly hand with which the poet has thrown the rich mantle of his fancy over the curious erudition of the scholar . Besides these two little poems , which have been selected only as instances of the progress of our ...
Page 106
... admirable ; At last a soft and solemn - breathing sound Rose , like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes , And stole upon the air . Henry Lawes the musician , who composed the music for this poem and who was him- self no indifferent poet ...
... admirable ; At last a soft and solemn - breathing sound Rose , like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes , And stole upon the air . Henry Lawes the musician , who composed the music for this poem and who was him- self no indifferent poet ...
Page 132
... admiration . He obtained admission into those private academies , which had been instituted under the genial patronage of the Medici for the advancement of literature and for the cementing of friendships among its votaries . In these ...
... admiration . He obtained admission into those private academies , which had been instituted under the genial patronage of the Medici for the advancement of literature and for the cementing of friendships among its votaries . In these ...
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