The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... chilness to my trembling heart . Give me thy hand , and let me hear thy voice ; Nay , quickly speak to me , and let me hear Thy voice - my own affrights me with its echoes . He who reads these lines enjoys for a moment the B 2 CONGREVE . 9.
... chilness to my trembling heart . Give me thy hand , and let me hear thy voice ; Nay , quickly speak to me , and let me hear Thy voice - my own affrights me with its echoes . He who reads these lines enjoys for a moment the B 2 CONGREVE . 9.
Pàgina 10
... lines like these : The rocks are cleft , and new - descending rills Furrow the brows of all th ' impending hills . The water - gods to floods their rivulets turn , And each , with streaming eyes , supplies his wanting urn . The fauns ...
... lines like these : The rocks are cleft , and new - descending rills Furrow the brows of all th ' impending hills . The water - gods to floods their rivulets turn , And each , with streaming eyes , supplies his wanting urn . The fauns ...
Pàgina 11
... line it has , which was borrowed from Dryden . cluding verses are these : This said , no more remain'd . Th ' etherial host , Again , impatient , crowd the crystal coast , One good ... lines which Pope had in his mind when he CONGREVE . 11.
... line it has , which was borrowed from Dryden . cluding verses are these : This said , no more remain'd . Th ' etherial host , Again , impatient , crowd the crystal coast , One good ... lines which Pope had in his mind when he CONGREVE . 11.
Pàgina 12
... lines are weakened with expletives , and his rhymes are frequently imperfect . His petty poems are seldom worth the cost of criticism ; sometimes the thoughts are false , and sometimes common . In his verses on lady Gethin , the latter ...
... lines are weakened with expletives , and his rhymes are frequently imperfect . His petty poems are seldom worth the cost of criticism ; sometimes the thoughts are false , and sometimes common . In his verses on lady Gethin , the latter ...
Pàgina 17
... or correction ; so that , " said Philips , " there are perhaps no where in the book thirty lines toge ther that now stand as they were Originally written . " The relation of Philips , I suppose , was true BLACK MORE . 17 FENTON Page.
... or correction ; so that , " said Philips , " there are perhaps no where in the book thirty lines toge ther that now stand as they were Originally written . " The relation of Philips , I suppose , was true BLACK MORE . 17 FENTON Page.
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