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Page 13
... passion , and have neither gallantry nor tenderness . They have the coldness of Cowley , without his wit , the dull exercises of a skilful versifier , resolved at all adventures to write something about Chloe , and trying to be amorous ...
... passion , and have neither gallantry nor tenderness . They have the coldness of Cowley , without his wit , the dull exercises of a skilful versifier , resolved at all adventures to write something about Chloe , and trying to be amorous ...
Page 27
... passion ; his personages are a kind of intellectual gladia- tors ; every sentence is to ward or strike ; the contest of smart- ness is never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate coruscations . His comedies ...
... passion ; his personages are a kind of intellectual gladia- tors ; every sentence is to ward or strike ; the contest of smart- ness is never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate coruscations . His comedies ...
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... passions ! Nor are instances of this inconsistent mixture less frequent among bad men , where we often , with admiration , see persons at once generous and unjust , impious lovers of their country and flagitious heroes , good - natured ...
... passions ! Nor are instances of this inconsistent mixture less frequent among bad men , where we often , with admiration , see persons at once generous and unjust , impious lovers of their country and flagitious heroes , good - natured ...
Page 59
... passions . To this description the compositions of Gay do not always conform . For a fable he gives now and then a tale , or an abstracted allegory ; and from some , by whatever name they may be called , it will be difficult to extract ...
... passions . To this description the compositions of Gay do not always conform . For a fable he gives now and then a tale , or an abstracted allegory ; and from some , by whatever name they may be called , it will be difficult to extract ...
Page 77
... passion in the language of nature . But the truth is , these Elegies have neither passion , nature , nor man- ners . Where there is fiction , there is no passion ; he that describes himself as a shepherd , and his Neæra or Delia as a ...
... passion in the language of nature . But the truth is , these Elegies have neither passion , nature , nor man- ners . Where there is fiction , there is no passion ; he that describes himself as a shepherd , and his Neæra or Delia as a ...
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