Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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Page 194
... elegance , and his melody , with equal alacrity , for Charles the Second . It is not possible to read , with- out some contempt and indignation , poems of the same author , ascribing the highest degree of power and piety to Charles the ...
... elegance , and his melody , with equal alacrity , for Charles the Second . It is not possible to read , with- out some contempt and indignation , poems of the same author , ascribing the highest degree of power and piety to Charles the ...
Page 430
... elegance , and the same variety , till some unlucky sparkle from a Tory paper set Steele's politicks on fire , and wit at once blazed into faction . He was soon too hot for neutral topicks , and quitted the Guardian to write the ...
... elegance , and the same variety , till some unlucky sparkle from a Tory paper set Steele's politicks on fire , and wit at once blazed into faction . He was soon too hot for neutral topicks , and quitted the Guardian to write the ...
Page 445
... elegance . He thinks justly , but he thinks faintly . This is his general character ; to which , doubtless , many single passages will furnish exceptions . Yet , if he seldom reaches supreme excellence , he rarely sinks into dulness ...
... elegance . He thinks justly , but he thinks faintly . This is his general character ; to which , doubtless , many single passages will furnish exceptions . Yet , if he seldom reaches supreme excellence , he rarely sinks into dulness ...
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