Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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... imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and hereditary similes , by readiness of rhyme , and volubility of syllables . In perusing the works of this race of authors , the mind is exercised either by recollection ...
... imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and hereditary similes , by readiness of rhyme , and volubility of syllables . In perusing the works of this race of authors , the mind is exercised either by recollection ...
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... imitation of Virgil , whom he supposes not to have intended to complete them : that this opinion is erroneous may be probably concluded , because this truncation is imitated by no subsequent Roman poet ; because Virgil himself filled up ...
... imitation of Virgil , whom he supposes not to have intended to complete them : that this opinion is erroneous may be probably concluded , because this truncation is imitated by no subsequent Roman poet ; because Virgil himself filled up ...
Page 392
... imitation of Shakespeare's style . In what he thought himself an imitator of Shake- speare , it is not easy to conceive . The numbers , the diction , the sentiments , and the conduct , every thing in which imitation can consist , are ...
... imitation of Shakespeare's style . In what he thought himself an imitator of Shake- speare , it is not easy to conceive . The numbers , the diction , the sentiments , and the conduct , every thing in which imitation can consist , are ...
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