The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... mind what he represents him in his verses ; he considered him as a hero , and was accustomed to say that he praised others in compliance with the fashion , but that in celebrating King William he followed his inclination . To Prior ...
... mind what he represents him in his verses ; he considered him as a hero , and was accustomed to say that he praised others in compliance with the fashion , but that in celebrating King William he followed his inclination . To Prior ...
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... mind with change of language and succession of images ; every cou- plet when produced is new , and novelty is the great source of pleasure . Perhaps no man ever thought a line superfluous when he first wrote it , or con- tracted his ...
... mind with change of language and succession of images ; every cou- plet when produced is new , and novelty is the great source of pleasure . Perhaps no man ever thought a line superfluous when he first wrote it , or con- tracted his ...
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... mind , without the in- tervention of any other speaker , or the mention of any other agent , unless it be Abra ; the reader is only to learn what he thought , and to be told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is ...
... mind , without the in- tervention of any other speaker , or the mention of any other agent , unless it be Abra ; the reader is only to learn what he thought , and to be told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is ...
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... mind replete with images and quick in combination . Of his miscellaneous poetry I cannot say any thing very favourable . The powers of Congreve seem to desert him when he leaves the stage , as Antæus was no longer strong than when he ...
... mind replete with images and quick in combination . Of his miscellaneous poetry I cannot say any thing very favourable . The powers of Congreve seem to desert him when he leaves the stage , as Antæus was no longer strong than when he ...
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... mind when he wrote his own . His imitations of Horace are feebly paraphrasti- cal , and the additions which he makes are of little value . He sometimes retains what were more pro- perly omitted , as when he talks of vervain and gums to ...
... mind when he wrote his own . His imitations of Horace are feebly paraphrasti- cal , and the additions which he makes are of little value . He sometimes retains what were more pro- perly omitted , as when he talks of vervain and gums to ...
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