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Page 17
... diction , however , is more his own than of any among the successors of Dryden ; he borrows no lucky turns , or com- modious modes of language , from his predecessors . His phra- Johnson's Lives . II . 2 ses are original , but they are ...
... diction , however , is more his own than of any among the successors of Dryden ; he borrows no lucky turns , or com- modious modes of language , from his predecessors . His phra- Johnson's Lives . II . 2 ses are original , but they are ...
Page 24
... diction vehement and pointed , though often vulgar and incorrect ; with unconquerable pertinacity ; with wit in the highest degree keen and sarcastic ; and with all those powers exalted and invigorated by just confidence in his cause ...
... diction vehement and pointed , though often vulgar and incorrect ; with unconquerable pertinacity ; with wit in the highest degree keen and sarcastic ; and with all those powers exalted and invigorated by just confidence in his cause ...
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... diction . This tissue of poetry , from which he seems to have hoped a lasting name , is totally neglected , and known only as it ap- pended to his plays . While comedy or while tragedy is regarded , his plays are likely to be read ; but ...
... diction . This tissue of poetry , from which he seems to have hoped a lasting name , is totally neglected , and known only as it ap- pended to his plays . While comedy or while tragedy is regarded , his plays are likely to be read ; but ...
Page 37
... , and lifeless ; his diction is neither daring nor exact , his flow neither rapid nor easy , and his periods neither smooth nor strong . His account of Wit will shew with how little clearness he is content to BLACKMORE . 37.
... , and lifeless ; his diction is neither daring nor exact , his flow neither rapid nor easy , and his periods neither smooth nor strong . His account of Wit will shew with how little clearness he is content to BLACKMORE . 37.
Page 43
... diction ; it has either been written with great care , or , what cannot be imagined of so long a work , with such felicity as made care less necessary . Its two constituent parts are ratiocination and description . To reason in verse is ...
... diction ; it has either been written with great care , or , what cannot be imagined of so long a work , with such felicity as made care less necessary . Its two constituent parts are ratiocination and description . To reason in verse is ...
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