Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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Page 152
... versification has been blamed by Dryden , who regrets that the heroick measure was not rather chosen . To the critical sentence of Dryden the highest reverence would be due , were not his decisions often precipitate , and his opinions ...
... versification has been blamed by Dryden , who regrets that the heroick measure was not rather chosen . To the critical sentence of Dryden the highest reverence would be due , were not his decisions often precipitate , and his opinions ...
Page 209
... versification is studied , the scenes are diligently dis- played , and the images artfully amplified ; but as it ends neither in joy nor sorrow , it will scarcely be read a second time . The Panegyrick upon Cromwell has obtained from ...
... versification is studied , the scenes are diligently dis- played , and the images artfully amplified ; but as it ends neither in joy nor sorrow , it will scarcely be read a second time . The Panegyrick upon Cromwell has obtained from ...
Page 247
... versification he was more likely to excel others in rhyme than without it , very rapidly adopted his master's preference . He therefore made rhyming tragedies , till , by the prevalence of manifest propriety , he seems to have grown ...
... versification he was more likely to excel others in rhyme than without it , very rapidly adopted his master's preference . He therefore made rhyming tragedies , till , by the prevalence of manifest propriety , he seems to have grown ...
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