Lives of the English Poets: With an Introduction by Arthur Waugh, Volume 1 |
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Page 308
The reasonableness of these rules seems sufficient for their vindication ; and the effects produced by observing ... It seldom happens that all the necessary causes concur to any great effect : will is wanting to power , or power to ...
The reasonableness of these rules seems sufficient for their vindication ; and the effects produced by observing ... It seldom happens that all the necessary causes concur to any great effect : will is wanting to power , or power to ...
Page 319
Rhyme has been so long banished from the theatre , that we know not its effect upon the passions of an audience ; but it has this convenience , that sentences stand more independent on each other , and striking passages are therefore ...
Rhyme has been so long banished from the theatre , that we know not its effect upon the passions of an audience ; but it has this convenience , that sentences stand more independent on each other , and striking passages are therefore ...
Page 439
What effect this awful scene had on the earl I know not ; he likewise died himself in a short time . In Tickell's excellent Elegy on his friend are these lines : He taught us how to live ; and , oh too high The price of knowledge ...
What effect this awful scene had on the earl I know not ; he likewise died himself in a short time . In Tickell's excellent Elegy on his friend are these lines : He taught us how to live ; and , oh too high The price of knowledge ...
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