The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 34
... poetical paragraph , I know not what I could prefer to an exclamation in " The Mourning Bride : " ALMERIA . It was a fancied noise ; for all is hush'd . LEONORA . It bore the accent of , a human voice . ALMERIA . It was , thy fear , or ...
... poetical paragraph , I know not what I could prefer to an exclamation in " The Mourning Bride : " ALMERIA . It was a fancied noise ; for all is hush'd . LEONORA . It bore the accent of , a human voice . ALMERIA . It was , thy fear , or ...
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... poetical trade in a joint stock would certainly do what they could to sink and ruin an unlicensed adventurer , notwithstanding I disturbed none of their factories , nor imported any goods they have ever dealt in . " He had lived in the ...
... poetical trade in a joint stock would certainly do what they could to sink and ruin an unlicensed adventurer , notwithstanding I disturbed none of their factories , nor imported any goods they have ever dealt in . " He had lived in the ...
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... poetical spirit . Correction seldom effects more than the suppression of faults ; a 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 ...
... poetical spirit . Correction seldom effects more than the suppression of faults ; a 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 ...
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... poetical arcadia so remote from known reality and speculative pos- sibility , that we can never support its representa- tion through a long work . A pastoral of a hun- dred lines may be endured ; but who will hear of sheep and goats ...
... poetical arcadia so remote from known reality and speculative pos- sibility , that we can never support its representa- tion through a long work . A pastoral of a hun- dred lines may be endured ; but who will hear of sheep and goats ...
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... poetical powers , and addressed the new monarch in three short pieces , of which the first is profane , and the two others such as a boy might be expected to produce ; but he was commended by old Waller , who perhaps was pleased to find ...
... poetical powers , and addressed the new monarch in three short pieces , of which the first is profane , and the two others such as a boy might be expected to produce ; but he was commended by old Waller , who perhaps was pleased to find ...
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