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The general character of his poetry is elegance and gaiety . He is never pathetick , and very rarely sublime . He seems neither to have had a mind much elevated by nature , nor amplified by learning . His thoughts are such as a liberal ...
The general character of his poetry is elegance and gaiety . He is never pathetick , and very rarely sublime . He seems neither to have had a mind much elevated by nature , nor amplified by learning . His thoughts are such as a liberal ...
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added something to our elegance of diction , and some- thing to our propriety of thought ; and to him may be applied what Tasso said , with equal spirit and justice of himself and Guarini , when , having perused the Pastor Fido ...
added something to our elegance of diction , and some- thing to our propriety of thought ; and to him may be applied what Tasso said , with equal spirit and justice of himself and Guarini , when , having perused the Pastor Fido ...
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No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure , separated mirth from indecency , and wit from licentiousness ; of having taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid ...
No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure , separated mirth from indecency , and wit from licentiousness ; of having taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid ...
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