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... poet till he has attained the whole extension of his language , distinguished all the delicacies of phrase , and all the colours of words , and learned to adjust their different sounds to all the varieties of metrical modulation . Bossu ...
... poet till he has attained the whole extension of his language , distinguished all the delicacies of phrase , and all the colours of words , and learned to adjust their different sounds to all the varieties of metrical modulation . Bossu ...
Page 141
... poet should without difficulty become a great actor ; that he who can feel , could express ; that he who can excite ... poet may be easily supposed to want ; or that the attention of the poet and the player have been differently employed ...
... poet should without difficulty become a great actor ; that he who can feel , could express ; that he who can excite ... poet may be easily supposed to want ; or that the attention of the poet and the player have been differently employed ...
Page 181
... Poet - His first Verses - His Panegyric on Cromwell - His Poem on the Restoration - His first Play- Revival of the Drama - Heroic Plays with Rhyme - Becomes a constant Writer for the Stage - Made Poet Laureate His Controversy with ...
... Poet - His first Verses - His Panegyric on Cromwell - His Poem on the Restoration - His first Play- Revival of the Drama - Heroic Plays with Rhyme - Becomes a constant Writer for the Stage - Made Poet Laureate His Controversy with ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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