The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... poetry . In the last war , when France was disgraced and overpowered in every quarter of the globe ; when Spain , coming to her assistance , only shared her calamities , and the name of an Englishman was reverenced through Europe , no poet ...
... poetry . In the last war , when France was disgraced and overpowered in every quarter of the globe ; when Spain , coming to her assistance , only shared her calamities , and the name of an Englishman was reverenced through Europe , no poet ...
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... Poems necessarily lost part of their value , as their occasions , being less remem- bered , raised less emotion . Some of them , how- ever , are preserved by their inherent excellence . The burlesque of Boileau's Ode on Namur has , in ...
... Poems necessarily lost part of their value , as their occasions , being less remem- bered , raised less emotion . Some of them , how- ever , are preserved by their inherent excellence . The burlesque of Boileau's Ode on Namur has , in ...
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... poet may learn to write , and the philosopher to reason . If Prior's poetry be generally considered , his praise will be that of correctness and industry , rather than of compass , of comprehension , or ac . tivity of fancy . He never ...
... poet may learn to write , and the philosopher to reason . If Prior's poetry be generally considered , his praise will be that of correctness and industry , rather than of compass , of comprehension , or ac . tivity of fancy . He never ...
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... English poets ; and he was one of the first that resolutely endea voured at correctness . He never sacrifices accu- racy to haste , nor indulges himself in contemp- tuous negligence , or impatient idleness : he has no careless lines ...
... English poets ; and he was one of the first that resolutely endea voured at correctness . He never sacrifices accu- racy to haste , nor indulges himself in contemp- tuous negligence , or impatient idleness : he has no careless lines ...
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... British foes to open fight : Our conquest we by stratagem should make : Our triumph had been founded in our flight ... poems are written without regula- rity of measure ; for , when he commenced poet , he had not recovered from our ...
... British foes to open fight : Our conquest we by stratagem should make : Our triumph had been founded in our flight ... poems are written without regula- rity of measure ; for , when he commenced poet , he had not recovered from our ...
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