“The” Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1858 - 429 pages |
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... elegance , often dignified it with splendour , and sometimes heightened it to sublimity : he perceived in itmany excellences , and did not discover that it wanted that without which all others are of small avail , the power of engaging ...
... elegance , often dignified it with splendour , and sometimes heightened it to sublimity : he perceived in itmany excellences , and did not discover that it wanted that without which all others are of small avail , the power of engaging ...
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... occasions , and nobler subjects , when habit was overpowered by the necessity of reflection , he wanted not wisdom as a statesman , or elegance as a poet . CONGREVE . WILLIAM CONGREVE descended from a family in Stafford- 2 ** PRIOR . 19.
... occasions , and nobler subjects , when habit was overpowered by the necessity of reflection , he wanted not wisdom as a statesman , or elegance as a poet . CONGREVE . WILLIAM CONGREVE descended from a family in Stafford- 2 ** PRIOR . 19.
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... elegance had raised to reputation : it may be , therefore , reasonably supposed that his manners were polite and his conversation pleasing . He seems not to have taken much pleasure in writing , as he contributed nothing to the ...
... elegance had raised to reputation : it may be , therefore , reasonably supposed that his manners were polite and his conversation pleasing . He seems not to have taken much pleasure in writing , as he contributed nothing to the ...
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... elegance of diction . 24 This tissue of poetry , from which he seems to have hoped a lasting name , is totally neglected , and known only as it ap- pended to his plays . While comedy or while tragedy is regarded , his plays are likely ...
... elegance of diction . 24 This tissue of poetry , from which he seems to have hoped a lasting name , is totally neglected , and known only as it ap- pended to his plays . While comedy or while tragedy is regarded , his plays are likely ...
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... elegance , may perhaps be added ; but of a large work the general character must always remain ; the original constitution can be very little helped by local remedies ; inherent and radical dulness will never be much 3 * BLACKMORE . 35.
... elegance , may perhaps be added ; but of a large work the general character must always remain ; the original constitution can be very little helped by local remedies ; inherent and radical dulness will never be much 3 * BLACKMORE . 35.
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