The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their WorksG. Clark and son, 1847 - 644 pàgines |
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... imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and hereditary similies , by readiness of rhyme , and volubility of syllables . In perusing the works of this race of authors , the mind is exer- cised either by ...
... imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and hereditary similies , by readiness of rhyme , and volubility of syllables . In perusing the works of this race of authors , the mind is exer- cised either by ...
Pàgina 33
... imitations supply its place . The Pindarick Odes have so long enjoyed the highest degree of poetical reputation , that I am not willing to dismiss them with un- abated censure ; and surely though the mode of their composition be ...
... imitations supply its place . The Pindarick Odes have so long enjoyed the highest degree of poetical reputation , that I am not willing to dismiss them with un- abated censure ; and surely though the mode of their composition be ...
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... imitate only sound and motion . A boundless verse , a headlong verse , and a verse of brass or of strong brass , seem to comprise very incongruous and unsociable ideas . What there is peculiar in the sound of the line expressing loose ...
... imitate only sound and motion . A boundless verse , a headlong verse , and a verse of brass or of strong brass , seem to comprise very incongruous and unsociable ideas . What there is peculiar in the sound of the line expressing loose ...
Pàgina 43
... imitation of Virgil , whom he supposes not to have intended to complete them ; that this opinion is erroneous , may be probably concluded , because this truncation is imitated by no sub- sequent Roman poet ; because Virgil himself ...
... imitation of Virgil , whom he supposes not to have intended to complete them ; that this opinion is erroneous , may be probably concluded , because this truncation is imitated by no sub- sequent Roman poet ; because Virgil himself ...
Pàgina 46
... imitation of Davenant shows him to be well qualified . Of his more elevated occasional poems there is perhaps none that does not deserve commendation . In the verses to Fletcher , we have an image that has since been often adopted : But ...
... imitation of Davenant shows him to be well qualified . Of his more elevated occasional poems there is perhaps none that does not deserve commendation . In the verses to Fletcher , we have an image that has since been often adopted : But ...
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