Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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... words being arbitrary must owe their power to association , and have the influence , and that only , which custom has given them . Language is the dress of thought ; and as the noblest mien , or most graceful action , would be degraded ...
... words being arbitrary must owe their power to association , and have the influence , and that only , which custom has given them . Language is the dress of thought ; and as the noblest mien , or most graceful action , would be degraded ...
Page 294
... words at once refined from the grossness of domestick use , and free from the harsh- ness of terms appropriated to particular arts . Words too familiar , or too remote , defeat the purpose of a poet . From those sounds which we hear on ...
... words at once refined from the grossness of domestick use , and free from the harsh- ness of terms appropriated to particular arts . Words too familiar , or too remote , defeat the purpose of a poet . From those sounds which we hear on ...
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... words and thoughts , than the justness of the occasion ; and if he had been able to pick single occasions , he had never founded the whole reasonably : yet , by the genius of poetry in writing , he has succeeded . ' Rapin attributes ...
... words and thoughts , than the justness of the occasion ; and if he had been able to pick single occasions , he had never founded the whole reasonably : yet , by the genius of poetry in writing , he has succeeded . ' Rapin attributes ...
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