Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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... imitate only sound and motion . A boundless verse , a headlong verse , and a verse of brass or of strong brass ... imitation of Virgil , whom he supposes not to have intended to complete them : that this opinion is erroneous may be ...
... imitate only sound and motion . A boundless verse , a headlong verse , and a verse of brass or of strong brass ... imitation of Virgil , whom he supposes not to have intended to complete them : that this opinion is erroneous may be ...
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... imitation of the readers . It will be in the power of very few to imitate the duke of Marlborough ; we must be content with admiring his great qualities and actions , without hopes of following them . The private and social virtues are ...
... imitation of the readers . It will be in the power of very few to imitate the duke of Marlborough ; we must be content with admiring his great qualities and actions , without hopes of following them . The private and social virtues are ...
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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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