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Page 38
... numbers , and to have supplied smoothness of transition and con- tinuity of thought . It is urged by Dr. Sprat , that the irregularity of numbers is the very thing which makes that kind of poesy fit for all manner of subjects . But he ...
... numbers , and to have supplied smoothness of transition and con- tinuity of thought . It is urged by Dr. Sprat , that the irregularity of numbers is the very thing which makes that kind of poesy fit for all manner of subjects . But he ...
Page 146
... numbers purposely neglected , except in a few places where the thoughts by their native excellence secure themselves from violation , being such as mean language cannot express . The mode of versification has been blamed by Dryden , who ...
... numbers purposely neglected , except in a few places where the thoughts by their native excellence secure themselves from violation , being such as mean language cannot express . The mode of versification has been blamed by Dryden , who ...
Page 308
... numbers ; and all these raised to such a height as can scarcely be found in any other English composition . It is not , however , without faults ; some lines are inelegant or improper , and too many are irreligiously licentious . The ...
... numbers ; and all these raised to such a height as can scarcely be found in any other English composition . It is not , however , without faults ; some lines are inelegant or improper , and too many are irreligiously licentious . The ...
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