The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... poetry . The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers ; perhaps no funeral was ever so poetically attended . Dryden , indeed , as a man discountenanced and deprived , was silent ; but scarcely any other ...
... poetry . The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers ; perhaps no funeral was ever so poetically attended . Dryden , indeed , as a man discountenanced and deprived , was silent ; but scarcely any other ...
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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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... 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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... poetry . He had apparently such rectitude of judgment as secured him from every thing that approached to the ridiculous or absurd ; but as laws operate in civil agency not to the excitement of virtue , but the repression of wickedness ...
... poetry . He had apparently such rectitude of judgment as secured him from every thing that approached to the ridiculous or absurd ; but as laws operate in civil agency not to the excitement of virtue , but the repression of wickedness ...
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... poetry professes the imitation of common life , of real manners , and daily incidents , it appa- rently pre - supposes a familiar knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is ...
... poetry professes the imitation of common life , of real manners , and daily incidents , it appa- rently pre - supposes a familiar knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is ...
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