Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their WorksF. Warne, 1879 - 588 pàgines |
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... numbers , and to have supplied smoothness of transition and continuity of thought . It is urged by Dr. Sprat , that the irregularity of numbers is the very thing which makes that kind of poesy fit for all manner of subjects . But he ...
... numbers , and to have supplied smoothness of transition and continuity of thought . It is urged by Dr. Sprat , that the irregularity of numbers is the very thing which makes that kind of poesy fit for all manner of subjects . But he ...
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... numbers purposely neglected , except in a few places where the thoughts by their native excel- lence secure themselves from violation , being such as mean language cannot express . The mode of versification has been blamed by Dryden ...
... numbers purposely neglected , except in a few places where the thoughts by their native excel- lence secure themselves from violation , being such as mean language cannot express . The mode of versification has been blamed by Dryden ...
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... numbers . It may be alleged , that Pindar is said by Horace to have written numeris lege solutis : but as no such lax per- formances have been transmitted to us , the meaning of that expression cannot be fixed ; and perhaps the like ...
... numbers . It may be alleged , that Pindar is said by Horace to have written numeris lege solutis : but as no such lax per- formances have been transmitted to us , the meaning of that expression cannot be fixed ; and perhaps the like ...
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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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