The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... tion of language , nor skill in versification : yet , if I were required to select , from the whole mass of English poetry , the most poetical paragraph , I know not what I could pre- fer to an exclamation in The Mourning Bride ...
... tion of language , nor skill in versification : yet , if I were required to select , from the whole mass of English poetry , the most poetical paragraph , I know not what I could pre- fer to an exclamation in The Mourning Bride ...
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... tion of defiance which united the poets almost all against him , and which brought upon him lampoons and ridicule from every side . This he doubtless foresaw , and evidently despised ; nor should his dignity of mind be without its ...
... tion of defiance which united the poets almost all against him , and which brought upon him lampoons and ridicule from every side . This he doubtless foresaw , and evidently despised ; nor should his dignity of mind be without its ...
Pàgina 20
... tion of the possessor of it , in which is found a concurrence of regular and exalted ferments , and an affluence of animal spirits , refined and rectified to a great degree of purity ; whence , being endowed with vivacity , brightness ...
... tion of the possessor of it , in which is found a concurrence of regular and exalted ferments , and an affluence of animal spirits , refined and rectified to a great degree of purity ; whence , being endowed with vivacity , brightness ...
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... tion , but never denied it ; and was afterwards the perpetual and incessant enemy of Blackmore . One of his essays is upon the spleen , which is treated by him so much to his own satisfaction , that he has published the same thoughts in ...
... tion , but never denied it ; and was afterwards the perpetual and incessant enemy of Blackmore . One of his essays is upon the spleen , which is treated by him so much to his own satisfaction , that he has published the same thoughts in ...
Pàgina 27
... tion . To reason in verse , is allowed to be difficult ; but Blackmore not only reasons in verse , but very often rea- sons poetically ; and finds the art of uniting ornament with strength , and ease with closeness . This is a skill ...
... tion . To reason in verse , is allowed to be difficult ; but Blackmore not only reasons in verse , but very often rea- sons poetically ; and finds the art of uniting ornament with strength , and ease with closeness . This is a skill ...
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