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The Earl of Surrey is said to have translated one of Virgil's books without rhyme ; and , besides our tragedies , a few short poems had appeared in blank verse ; particularly one tending to reconcile the nation to Raleigh's wild attempt ...
The Earl of Surrey is said to have translated one of Virgil's books without rhyme ; and , besides our tragedies , a few short poems had appeared in blank verse ; particularly one tending to reconcile the nation to Raleigh's wild attempt ...
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9 Rhyme , he says , and says truly , is no necessary adjunct of true poetry . But perhaps , of poetry as a mental operation , metre or musick is no necessary adjunct : it is however by the musick of metre that poetry has been ...
9 Rhyme , he says , and says truly , is no necessary adjunct of true poetry . But perhaps , of poetry as a mental operation , metre or musick is no necessary adjunct : it is however by the musick of metre that poetry has been ...
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His rhymes are sometimes weak words : so is found to make the rhyme twice in ten lines , and occurs often as a rhyme through his book . His double rhymes , in heroick verse , have been censured by Mrs. Phillips , who was his rival in ...
His rhymes are sometimes weak words : so is found to make the rhyme twice in ten lines , and occurs often as a rhyme through his book . His double rhymes , in heroick verse , have been censured by Mrs. Phillips , who was his rival in ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 6 Jul 2011 |
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