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Page 121
... poem , of the same length , from which so little can be taken without apparent mutilation . Here are no funeral ... poem be strictly one , whether the poem can be properly termed heroick , and who is the hero , are raised by such readers ...
... poem , of the same length , from which so little can be taken without apparent mutilation . Here are no funeral ... poem be strictly one , whether the poem can be properly termed heroick , and who is the hero , are raised by such readers ...
Page 122
... poem , must be considered its component parts , the 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 ...
... poem , must be considered its component parts , the 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 ...
Page 303
... poem on the war with Spain ; perhaps such a beginning is natural , and could not be avoided without affectation . Both Waller and Dryden might take their hint from the poem on the civil war of Rome , Orbem jam totum , & c . Of the king ...
... poem on the war with Spain ; perhaps such a beginning is natural , and could not be avoided without affectation . Both Waller and Dryden might take their hint from the poem on the civil war of Rome , Orbem jam totum , & c . Of the king ...
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