Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1906 - English poetry |
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... imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and heredi- tary 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 heredi- tary 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's Georgick , which needed not shun the presence of the original . He. then. grew. pro. probably. more. confident. of. his. own. abilities , and began to meditate a poem on The Last Day ; a subject on which no mind can ...
... imitation of Virgil's Georgick , which needed not shun the presence of the original . He. then. grew. pro. probably. more. confident. of. his. own. abilities , and began to meditate a poem on The Last Day ; a subject on which no mind can ...
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... imitation of Cranmer's prophetick promises to Henry the Eighth . The anticipated bless- ings of union are not very ... imitation of Shake- speare's style . In what he thought himself an imitator of Shakespeare , it is not easy to ...
... imitation of Cranmer's prophetick promises to Henry the Eighth . The anticipated bless- ings of union are not very ... imitation of Shake- speare's style . In what he thought himself an imitator of Shakespeare , it is not easy to ...
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