Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 95
... sometimes embellished and sometimes aggravated , the originals are now partly known , and partly forgotten . But to say that they united the plans of two or three eminent 45 writers is to give them but a small part of their due praise ...
... sometimes embellished and sometimes aggravated , the originals are now partly known , and partly forgotten . But to say that they united the plans of two or three eminent 45 writers is to give them but a small part of their due praise ...
Page 131
... sometimes great , and sometimes tender ; the versification is easy and gay . There is doubtless some advantage in the shortness of the lines , which there is little temptation to load with expletive epithets . The dialogue seems ...
... sometimes great , and sometimes tender ; the versification is easy and gay . There is doubtless some advantage in the shortness of the lines , which there is little temptation to load with expletive epithets . The dialogue seems ...
Page 149
... sometimes as the phantom of a vision , sometimes appears half - veiled in an allegory , sometimes attracts regard in the robes of fancy , and sometimes steps forth in the confidence of reason 3 . She wears a thousand dresses , and in ...
... sometimes as the phantom of a vision , sometimes appears half - veiled in an allegory , sometimes attracts regard in the robes of fancy , and sometimes steps forth in the confidence of reason 3 . She wears a thousand dresses , and in ...
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