Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their WorksF. Warne, 1879 - 588 pàgines |
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... language . This novelty has been , by those who can find nothing wrong in Milton , imputed to his laborious endeavours after words suitable to the grandeur of his ideas . Our language , says Addison , sunk under him . But the truth is ...
... language . This novelty has been , by those who can find nothing wrong in Milton , imputed to his laborious endeavours after words suitable to the grandeur of his ideas . Our language , says Addison , sunk under him . But the truth is ...
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... language was refined , and so fixed , that it has changed but little . The French academy thought that they refined their language , and doubtless thought rightly ; but the event has not shown that they fixed it ; for the French of the ...
... language was refined , and so fixed , that it has changed but little . The French academy thought that they refined their language , and doubtless thought rightly ; but the event has not shown that they fixed it ; for the French of the ...
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... language . " The Battle of the Pigmies and Cranes ; " " The Barometer ; " and " A Bowling - green . " When the matter is low or scanty , a dead language , in which nothing is mean because nothing is familiar , affords great conveniences ...
... language . " The Battle of the Pigmies and Cranes ; " " The Barometer ; " and " A Bowling - green . " When the matter is low or scanty , a dead language , in which nothing is mean because nothing is familiar , affords great conveniences ...
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ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 p I | 1 |
Complies with the times 5Neglected by the Court 6Produces | 18 |
acknowledged his obligations to Ben Jonson 28His diction 29His | 31 |
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