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Page 55
... senates , and whose delicacy might have polished courts . " From a deficiency of materials I conclude it happened that some of Dr. Johnson's lives of the poets are little more than mere critical sketches ; DR . JOHNSON . 55.
... senates , and whose delicacy might have polished courts . " From a deficiency of materials I conclude it happened that some of Dr. Johnson's lives of the poets are little more than mere critical sketches ; DR . JOHNSON . 55.
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Addressed to His Son George Gregory. the poets are little more than mere critical sketches ; yet in this point of view they are excellent , and even where the deficiency of ma terials is most apparent , he contrives to intro- duce some ...
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. the poets are little more than mere critical sketches ; yet in this point of view they are excellent , and even where the deficiency of ma terials is most apparent , he contrives to intro- duce some ...
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... of no records but the poetic . The laws themselves were metrical , as Aristotle proves by * See Lectures of the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews , Lect . iv . & c . the very name nomai ( laws ) by which some ORIGIN OF POETRY . 89.
... of no records but the poetic . The laws themselves were metrical , as Aristotle proves by * See Lectures of the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews , Lect . iv . & c . the very name nomai ( laws ) by which some ORIGIN OF POETRY . 89.
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... poets have called in the aid of rhyme ; without which , whether it arises from habit or from principle , very little modern poetry can please , or satisfy the ear . Our English verse then is regulated rather by the number of syllables ...
... poets have called in the aid of rhyme ; without which , whether it arises from habit or from principle , very little modern poetry can please , or satisfy the ear . Our English verse then is regulated rather by the number of syllables ...
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... poet . " There can be little doubt but the poet means by ingenium that strong power of mind which , as circumstances require , can form a fable , plot , or story , and ornament it with characters and circumstances F 2 LANGUAGE OF POETRY ...
... poet . " There can be little doubt but the poet means by ingenium that strong power of mind which , as circumstances require , can form a fable , plot , or story , and ornament it with characters and circumstances F 2 LANGUAGE OF POETRY ...
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