Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... imitations borrowed from imitations , by tradi- tional imagery and hereditary similes , by readiness of rhyme and volubility of syllables 3 . I 3 ' Johnson defines subtlety ( he spells it subtilty ) as ' thinness ; fine- ness ; exility ...
... imitations borrowed from imitations , by tradi- tional imagery and hereditary similes , by readiness of rhyme and volubility of syllables 3 . I 3 ' Johnson defines subtlety ( he spells it subtilty ) as ' thinness ; fine- ness ; exility ...
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... imitations supply its place 5 . 144 The Pindarique Odes have so long enjoyed the highest degree of poetical reputation that I am not willing to dismiss them with unabated censure ; and surely , though the mode of their composition be ...
... imitations supply its place 5 . 144 The Pindarique Odes have so long enjoyed the highest degree of poetical reputation that I am not willing to dismiss them with unabated censure ; and surely , though the mode of their composition be ...
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... imitate others ) never to come to the full end of their story ; but only so near that every one may see it ; as men commonly play not out the game , when it is evident that they can win it , but lay down their cards , and take up what ...
... imitate others ) never to come to the full end of their story ; but only so near that every one may see it ; as men commonly play not out the game , when it is evident that they can win it , but lay down their cards , and take up what ...
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... imitate only sound and motion . A boundless verse , a headlong verse , and a verse of brass or of strong brass , seem to comprise very incongruous and unsociable ideas . What there is peculiar in the sound of the line expressing loose ...
... imitate only sound and motion . A boundless verse , a headlong verse , and a verse of brass or of strong brass , seem to comprise very incongruous and unsociable ideas . What there is peculiar in the sound of the line expressing loose ...
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... imitation of Virgil , whom he supposes not to have intended to complete them " : that this opinion is erroneous may be probably concluded , because this truncation is imitated by no subsequent Roman poet ; because Virgil himself filled ...
... imitation of Virgil , whom he supposes not to have intended to complete them " : that this opinion is erroneous may be probably concluded , because this truncation is imitated by no subsequent Roman poet ; because Virgil himself filled ...
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