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... poet till he has attained the whole extension of his language , distinguished all the delicacies of phrase , and all the colours of words , and learned to adjust their different sounds to all the varieties of metrical modulation . Bossu ...
... poet till he has attained the whole extension of his language , distinguished all the delicacies of phrase , and all the colours of words , and learned to adjust their different sounds to all the varieties of metrical modulation . Bossu ...
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... poet writes , may be so different , that what pleased the Greeks would not satisfy an English audience . ' And if they proceeded upon a foundation of truer reason to please the Athenians than Shakespeare and Fletcher to please the ...
... poet writes , may be so different , that what pleased the Greeks would not satisfy an English audience . ' And if they proceeded upon a foundation of truer reason to please the Athenians than Shakespeare and Fletcher to please the ...
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... poet , and then a patron of poetry , had acquired the right of being a judge , was willing to hear some books while ... poet . ↑ Garth , Sir Samuel Garth ( 1661-1719 ) , physician and poet . It is seldom that the great or the wise ...
... poet , and then a patron of poetry , had acquired the right of being a judge , was willing to hear some books while ... poet . ↑ Garth , Sir Samuel Garth ( 1661-1719 ) , physician and poet . It is seldom that the great or the wise ...
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