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Page 298
... diction was elegant and copious . But his devotional poetry is , like that of others , unsatisfactory . The paucity of its topics enforces perpetual repetition , and the sanctity of the matter rejects the ornaments of figurative diction ...
... diction was elegant and copious . But his devotional poetry is , like that of others , unsatisfactory . The paucity of its topics enforces perpetual repetition , and the sanctity of the matter rejects the ornaments of figurative diction ...
Page 316
... diction was often harsh , unskilfully laboured , and injudiciously selected . He affected the obsolete when it was not worthy of revival ; and he puts his words out of the common order , seeming to think , with some later candidates for ...
... diction was often harsh , unskilfully laboured , and injudiciously selected . He affected the obsolete when it was not worthy of revival ; and he puts his words out of the common order , seeming to think , with some later candidates for ...
Page 363
... diction are original . The moral observations are so introduced , and so expressed , as to have all the novelty that can be required . Of The Brothers I may be allowed to say nothing , since nothing was ever said of it by the public ...
... diction are original . The moral observations are so introduced , and so expressed , as to have all the novelty that can be required . Of The Brothers I may be allowed to say nothing , since nothing was ever said of it by the public ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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