The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 19
... rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was fo imperfect , that they were only found to be verfes by counting ...
... rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was fo imperfect , that they were only found to be verfes by counting ...
Pàgina 22
... rhyme , and volubility of fyllables . In perufing the works of this race of authors , the mind is exercised either by recollection or inquiry : either fomething already learned is to be retrieved , or fomething new is to be examined ...
... rhyme , and volubility of fyllables . In perufing the works of this race of authors , the mind is exercised either by recollection or inquiry : either fomething already learned is to be retrieved , or fomething new is to be examined ...
Pàgina 47
... bounty , with a hint that he had enemies , which Cowley thus enlarges in rhyming profe : But in this thankless world the giver Is envied even by the receiver ; ' Tis now the cheap and frugal fashion Rather to ' Tis COWLEY . 47.
... bounty , with a hint that he had enemies , which Cowley thus enlarges in rhyming profe : But in this thankless world the giver Is envied even by the receiver ; ' Tis now the cheap and frugal fashion Rather to ' Tis COWLEY . 47.
Pàgina 66
... rhymes are very often made by pronouns , or particles , or the like unimportant words , which disappoint the ear , and deftroy the energy of the line . His combination of different measures is fome- times diffonant and unpleafing ; he ...
... rhymes are very often made by pronouns , or particles , or the like unimportant words , which disappoint the ear , and deftroy the energy of the line . His combination of different measures is fome- times diffonant and unpleafing ; he ...
Pàgina 78
... rhyme , or blank verfe . " COOPER'S HILL , " if it be maliciously inspected , will not be found without its faults . The digreffions are too long , the morality too frequent , and the fen- timents fometimes fuch as will not bear a ...
... rhyme , or blank verfe . " COOPER'S HILL , " if it be maliciously inspected , will not be found without its faults . The digreffions are too long , the morality too frequent , and the fen- timents fometimes fuch as will not bear a ...
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