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... expression . He will have the same set of actors and characters ; and can ob- tain a much clearer view of his subject and all its parts and circumstances , than he who has to drudge through the records of ages , and pur- sue , often ...
... expression . He will have the same set of actors and characters ; and can ob- tain a much clearer view of his subject and all its parts and circumstances , than he who has to drudge through the records of ages , and pur- sue , often ...
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... expression , because it may be adapted to any subject , or almost any style . It is , how- ever , a very clumsy mode of conveying either sentiments or facts . The dialogues of Plato may perhaps be excused , if we consider them ( as ...
... expression , because it may be adapted to any subject , or almost any style . It is , how- ever , a very clumsy mode of conveying either sentiments or facts . The dialogues of Plato may perhaps be excused , if we consider them ( as ...
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... expression . # Both the ten and eight syllable verses are generally considered as iambics ; but some short poems have only seven syllables , and these may be regarded as trochaic , with a long syllable or double rhyme at the close ...
... expression . # Both the ten and eight syllable verses are generally considered as iambics ; but some short poems have only seven syllables , and these may be regarded as trochaic , with a long syllable or double rhyme at the close ...
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... expression . When the poet says of Shak- speare- " Each change of many colour'd life he drew , " Exhausted worlds , and then imagin'd new : " Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign , " And panting Time toil'd after him in vain . " We ...
... expression . When the poet says of Shak- speare- " Each change of many colour'd life he drew , " Exhausted worlds , and then imagin'd new : " Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign , " And panting Time toil'd after him in vain . " We ...
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... expressions which in the latter would be accounted obsolete . This prin- cipally arises from the permanent or stationary character of poetry . Milton , Shakspeare , and even Spencer may be still read with pleasure , while the prose ...
... expressions which in the latter would be accounted obsolete . This prin- cipally arises from the permanent or stationary character of poetry . Milton , Shakspeare , and even Spencer may be still read with pleasure , while the prose ...
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