Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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... lines , or entangled sentiments ; his words are nicely selected , and his thoughts fully expanded . If this part of his character suffers any abatement , it must be from the disproportion of his rhymes , which have not always sufficient ...
... lines , or entangled sentiments ; his words are nicely selected , and his thoughts fully expanded . If this part of his character suffers any abatement , it must be from the disproportion of his rhymes , which have not always sufficient ...
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... lines are unpleasing , and his sense as less distinct is less striking . He has altered the Stanza of Spenser , as a house is altered by building another in its place of a different form . With how little resemblance he has formed his ...
... lines are unpleasing , and his sense as less distinct is less striking . He has altered the Stanza of Spenser , as a house is altered by building another in its place of a different form . With how little resemblance he has formed his ...
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Samuel Johnson. lines had been omitted , as they take away from the energy what they do not add to the sense . IV On ... lines on Craggs were not originally intended for an epitaph ; and therefore some faults are to be imputed to the ...
Samuel Johnson. lines had been omitted , as they take away from the energy what they do not add to the sense . IV On ... lines on Craggs were not originally intended for an epitaph ; and therefore some faults are to be imputed to the ...
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