The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 22
... visitations of the muse , no infusions of sentiment or felicities of fancy . His diction , however , is more his own than of any among the successors of Dryden ; he borrows no lucky turns , or commodious modes of language , 22 PRIOR .
... visitations of the muse , no infusions of sentiment or felicities of fancy . His diction , however , is more his own than of any among the successors of Dryden ; he borrows no lucky turns , or commodious modes of language , 22 PRIOR .
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... 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 pow ers 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 pow ers 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 appended 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 appended to his plays . While comedy or while tragedy is regarded , his plays are likely to be read ; but ...
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... 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 ne- cessary . Its two constituent parts are ratiocination and description . To reason in verse ...
... 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 ne- cessary . Its two constituent parts are ratiocination and description . To reason in verse ...
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... difficult to ex- tract any moral principle . They are , however , told with liveliness ; the versification is smooth ; and the diction , though now and then a little con- strained by the measure or the rhyme , is generally 76 GAY .
... difficult to ex- tract any moral principle . They are , however , told with liveliness ; the versification is smooth ; and the diction , though now and then a little con- strained by the measure or the rhyme , is generally 76 GAY .
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