The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... poetry professes the imitation of common life , of real manners , and daily incidents , it apparently presupposes a familiar knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to ...
... poetry professes the imitation of common life , of real manners , and daily incidents , it apparently presupposes a familiar knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to ...
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... poetry professes the imitation of common life , of real manners , and daily incidents , it apparently presupposes a familiar knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to ...
... poetry professes the imitation of common life , of real manners , and daily incidents , it apparently presupposes a familiar knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to ...
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... poetry . In this play , of which , when he afterwards revised it , he reduced the versification to greater regularity , there is more bustle than sentiment ; the plot is busy and intri- cate , and the events take hold on the attention ...
... poetry . In this play , of which , when he afterwards revised it , he reduced the versification to greater regularity , there is more bustle than sentiment ; the plot is busy and intri- cate , and the events take hold on the attention ...
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... poetry I cannot say any thing very favourable . The powers of Congreve seem to desert him when he leaves the stage , as Antæus was no longer strong than when he could touch the ground . It cannot be ob- served without wonder , that a ...
... poetry I cannot say any thing very favourable . The powers of Congreve seem to desert him when he leaves the stage , as Antæus was no longer strong than when he could touch the ground . It cannot be ob- served without wonder , that a ...
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... poetry , from which he seems to have hoped a lasting name , is totally neglected , and known only as it is appended ... poetry , he has shewn us , that enthusiasm has its rules , and that in mere confusion there is neither grace nor ...
... poetry , from which he seems to have hoped a lasting name , is totally neglected , and known only as it is appended ... poetry , he has shewn us , that enthusiasm has its rules , and that in mere confusion there is neither grace nor ...
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