Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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... sentiments . When their reputation was high , they had undoubtedly more imitators than time has left behind . Their ... sentiment , and more musick . Suckling neither improved versification , nor abounded in conceits . The ...
... sentiments . When their reputation was high , they had undoubtedly more imitators than time has left behind . Their ... sentiment , and more musick . Suckling neither improved versification , nor abounded in conceits . The ...
Page 122
... sentiments and the diction . The sentiments , as expressive of manners , or appro- priated to characters , are , for the greater part unexcept- ionably just . Splendid passages , containing lessons of morality , or precepts of prudence ...
... sentiments and the diction . The sentiments , as expressive of manners , or appro- priated to characters , are , for the greater part unexcept- ionably just . Splendid passages , containing lessons of morality , or precepts of prudence ...
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... sentiment , happy turns of language , and pleasing harmony of numbers ; and all these raised to such a height as ... sentiments easily becomes tedious ; though all the parts are forcible , and every line kindles new rapture , the ...
... sentiment , happy turns of language , and pleasing harmony of numbers ; and all these raised to such a height as ... sentiments easily becomes tedious ; though all the parts are forcible , and every line kindles new rapture , the ...
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