Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1906 - English poetry |
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... reason . ' We do well to keep this definition in our mind while tracing its gradual embodiment and illustration in ... reason he prefers rhyme to blank verse ; for this reason he is always intolerant of a tedious style , of ...
... reason . ' We do well to keep this definition in our mind while tracing its gradual embodiment and illustration in ... reason he prefers rhyme to blank verse ; for this reason he is always intolerant of a tedious style , of ...
Page 353
... reason of that success is , in my opinion , this , that Shakespeare and Fletcher have written to the genius of the age and nation in which they lived ; for though nature , as he objects , is the same in all places , and reason too the ...
... reason of that success is , in my opinion , this , that Shakespeare and Fletcher have written to the genius of the age and nation in which they lived ; for though nature , as he objects , is the same in all places , and reason too the ...
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... reason , by remarking , that ' A deference is to be paid to a general applause , when it appears that that applause ... reason , and their own judgements , and that reason and judgement are calm and serene , not formed by nature to ...
... reason , by remarking , that ' A deference is to be paid to a general applause , when it appears that that applause ... reason , and their own judgements , and that reason and judgement are calm and serene , not formed by nature to ...
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