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Pastorals, too, were written in great number, such as William Browne's _Britannia's Pastorals_ and _Shephera's Pipe_
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The great objection to the Pastorals is the admittedly large number of hapax legomena found in them.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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He expressed his gratitude to the emperor in one of a series of poems called Pastorals or Bu-col'ics, words which mean shepherds 'songs, or songs descriptive of life in the country.
Story of Aeneas Michael Clarke 1880
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The sole point worth notice in the Pastorals is the general sweetness of the versification.
Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series Leslie Stephen 1868
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There are not, I believe, a greater number of any sort of verses than of those which are called Pastorals; nor a smaller, than of those which are truly so.
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 Alexander Pope 1716
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No doubt (as has been observed) what 'Pastorals' we have are mostly written in what is called the heroic measure.
Theocritus, translated into English Verse 300 BC-260 BC Theocritus
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Yet doubtless a kind of Pastorals of this Nature might be made extreamly delightful, if the Writer would dare to write himself, and not be lead so much by _Theocritus_ and _Virgil_.
A Full Enquiry into the Nature of the Pastoral (1717) Thomas Purney
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"Pastorals" and Pope, moistening their clay with a frequency to which they were both somewhat notoriously inclined.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 Various
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In July, 1697, the "Pastorals", the "Georgics", and the "Æneid" of Virgil were published, and the edition was sold off in about six months.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Pope's "Pastorals": "The mention of places remarkably romantic, the supposed habitation of Druids, bards and wizards, is far more pleasing to the imagination, than the obvious introduction of Cam and Isis."
A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century 1886
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