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... numbers smooth , without appearance of care . Of these tales there are only four : " The Ladle , " which is introduced by a preface , neither necessary nor pleasing , neither grave nor merry . " Paulo Purganti , " which has likewise a ...
... numbers smooth , without appearance of care . Of these tales there are only four : " The Ladle , " which is introduced by a preface , neither necessary nor pleasing , neither grave nor merry . " Paulo Purganti , " which has likewise a ...
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... numbers were not smooth nor neat . Prior excelled him in versification ; but he was , like Horace , inventore minor ; he had not Butler's exu- berance of matter and variety of illustration . The spangles of wit which he could afford he ...
... numbers were not smooth nor neat . Prior excelled him in versification ; but he was , like Horace , inventore minor ; he had not Butler's exu- berance of matter and variety of illustration . The spangles of wit which he could afford he ...
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... numbers are such as mere diligence may attain ; they seldom offend the ear , and seldom soothe it ; they commonly want airiness , lightness , and facility . What is smooth is not soft . His verses always roll , but they seldom flow . A ...
... numbers are such as mere diligence may attain ; they seldom offend the ear , and seldom soothe it ; they commonly want airiness , lightness , and facility . What is smooth is not soft . His verses always roll , but they seldom flow . A ...
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... numbers ; " and used to say that he could not remember the time when he began to make verses . In the style of fiction , it might have been said of him , as of Pindar , that when he lay in his cradle " the bees swarmed about his mouth ...
... numbers ; " and used to say that he could not remember the time when he began to make verses . In the style of fiction , it might have been said of him , as of Pindar , that when he lay in his cradle " the bees swarmed about his mouth ...
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... numbers surpassed his original ; but this is a small part of his praise ; he discovers such acquaintance both with human life and public affairs as is not easily conceived to have been attainable by a boy of fourteen in Windsor Forest ...
... numbers surpassed his original ; but this is a small part of his praise ; he discovers such acquaintance both with human life and public affairs as is not easily conceived to have been attainable by a boy of fourteen in Windsor Forest ...
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