The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their WorksG. Clark and son, 1847 - 644 pàgines |
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... manner resembled that of Donne more in the ruggedness of his lines than in the cast of his sentiments . When their reputation was high , they had undoubtedly more imitators than time has left behind . Their immediate successors , can be ...
... manner resembled that of Donne more in the ruggedness of his lines than in the cast of his sentiments . When their reputation was high , they had undoubtedly more imitators than time has left behind . Their immediate successors , can be ...
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... long the same ; the dialogue of comedy , when it is transcribed from popular manners and real life , is read from age to age with equal pleasure . The ar tifices of inversion , by which the established order of 28 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... long the same ; the dialogue of comedy , when it is transcribed from popular manners and real life , is read from age to age with equal pleasure . The ar tifices of inversion , by which the established order of 28 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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... manner of speaking . He was therefore not at all restrained to his expressions , nor much to his sentiments ; nothing was required of him , but not to write as Pindar would not have written . Of the Olympic Ode , the beginning is , I ...
... manner of speaking . He was therefore not at all restrained to his expressions , nor much to his sentiments ; nothing was required of him , but not to write as Pindar would not have written . Of the Olympic Ode , the beginning is , I ...
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... manner of subjects . But he should have remembered , that what is fit for everything can fit nothing well . The great pleasure of verses arises from the known measures of the lines , and uniform structure of the stanzas , by which the ...
... manner of subjects . But he should have remembered , that what is fit for everything can fit nothing well . The great pleasure of verses arises from the known measures of the lines , and uniform structure of the stanzas , by which the ...
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... manner of the two writers is sufficiently discernible . Cowley's is scarcely description , unless it be possible to ... manners , he contented himself with a deciduous laurel LIVES OF THE POETS .
... manner of the two writers is sufficiently discernible . Cowley's is scarcely description , unless it be possible to ... manners , he contented himself with a deciduous laurel LIVES OF THE POETS .
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