Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1906 - English poetry |
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Page 98
... diligence is enforced ; but when it is admitted that the faculties are suppressed by a cross wind , or a cloudy sky , the day is given up without resistance ; for who can con- tend with the course of Nature ? From such prepossessions ...
... diligence is enforced ; but when it is admitted that the faculties are suppressed by a cross wind , or a cloudy sky , the day is given up without resistance ; for who can con- tend with the course of Nature ? From such prepossessions ...
Page 137
... diligence , that from his book alone the Art of English Poetry might be learned . After his diction , something must be said of his versification . The measure , he says , is the English heroick verse without rhyme . Of this mode he had ...
... diligence , that from his book alone the Art of English Poetry might be learned . After his diction , something must be said of his versification . The measure , he says , is the English heroick verse without rhyme . Of this mode he had ...
Page 299
... diligence which he might allow himself somewhat to remit , when his name gave sanction to his positions , and his awe of the public was abated , partly by custom , and partly by success . It will not be easy to find , in all the ...
... diligence which he might allow himself somewhat to remit , when his name gave sanction to his positions , and his awe of the public was abated , partly by custom , and partly by success . It will not be easy to find , in all the ...
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