Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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... imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and heredi- tary similes , by readiness of rhyme , and volubility of syllables . In perusing the works of this race of authors , the mind is exercised either by recollection ...
... imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and heredi- tary similes , by readiness of rhyme , and volubility of syllables . In perusing the works of this race of authors , the mind is exercised either by recollection ...
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... imitation of Horace , the first stanzas are happily turned ; and in all his writings there are pleasing passages . He has however more elegance than vigour , and seldom rises higher than to be pretty . DRYDEN Or the great poet whose ...
... imitation of Horace , the first stanzas are happily turned ; and in all his writings there are pleasing passages . He has however more elegance than vigour , and seldom rises higher than to be pretty . DRYDEN Or the great poet whose ...
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... imitation . He has several imitations of Cowley : Vestitur hinc tot sermo coloribus Quot tu , Pococki , dissimilis tui Orator effers , quot vicissim Te memores celebrare gaudent . I will not commend the figure which makes the orator ...
... imitation . He has several imitations of Cowley : Vestitur hinc tot sermo coloribus Quot tu , Pococki , dissimilis tui Orator effers , quot vicissim Te memores celebrare gaudent . I will not commend the figure which makes the orator ...
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