The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... happy chains our daring language bound , Shall sport no more in arbitrary sound . Whether the similitude of those passages , which exhibit the same thought on the same occasion proceeded from accident or imitation , is not easy to ...
... happy chains our daring language bound , Shall sport no more in arbitrary sound . Whether the similitude of those passages , which exhibit the same thought on the same occasion proceeded from accident or imitation , is not easy to ...
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... happy ; for they are not dictated by nature or by 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 ad- ventures to ...
... happy ; for they are not dictated by nature or by 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 ad- ventures to ...
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... happy . The poems to the King are now perused only by young students , who read . merely that they may learn to write ; and of the " Carmen Seculare , " I cannot but suspect that I might praise or censure it by caprice , without dan ...
... happy . The poems to the King are now perused only by young students , who read . merely that they may learn to write ; and of the " Carmen Seculare , " I cannot but suspect that I might praise or censure it by caprice , without dan ...
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... happy lines ; he has every thing by purchase , and nothing by gift ; he had no nightly 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 ...
... happy lines ; he has every thing by purchase , and nothing by gift ; he had no nightly 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 ...
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... happy line , or a single elegance , may perhaps be added ; but of a large work the general character must always remain ; the original constitution can be very lit- tle helped by local remedies ; inherent and radical dulness will never ...
... happy line , or a single elegance , may perhaps be added ; but of a large work the general character must always remain ; the original constitution can be very lit- tle helped by local remedies ; inherent and radical dulness will never ...
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