Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Samuel Johnson. description . To reason in verse , is allowed to be difficult ; but Blackmore not only reasons in verse , but very often reasons poetically ; and finds the art of uniting ornament with strength , and ease with closeness ...
Samuel Johnson. description . To reason in verse , is allowed to be difficult ; but Blackmore not only reasons in verse , but very often reasons poetically ; and finds the art of uniting ornament with strength , and ease with closeness ...
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... reason for appearing as a warm advocate for Dr. Rundle ; for he was the friend of Mr. Foster and Mr. Thomson , who ... reason , would for bad reasons promote the exaltation of a villain . The clergy were universally provoked by this ...
... reason for appearing as a warm advocate for Dr. Rundle ; for he was the friend of Mr. Foster and Mr. Thomson , who ... reason , would for bad reasons promote the exaltation of a villain . The clergy were universally provoked by this ...
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... reason could not be very clear , he substituted And spite of pride , in erring reason's spite . To such oversights will the most vigorous mind be liable , when it is employed at once upon argument and poetry . The second and third ...
... reason could not be very clear , he substituted And spite of pride , in erring reason's spite . To such oversights will the most vigorous mind be liable , when it is employed at once upon argument and poetry . The second and third ...
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