“The” Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1858 - 429 pages |
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Page 27
... poetical paragraph , I know not what I could prefer to an exclamation in " The Mourning Bride : " ALMERIA . It was a fancied noise ; for all is hush'd . LEONORA . It bore the accent of a human voice . ALMERIA . It was thy fear , or else ...
... poetical paragraph , I know not what I could prefer to an exclamation in " The Mourning Bride : " ALMERIA . It was a fancied noise ; for all is hush'd . LEONORA . It bore the accent of a human voice . ALMERIA . It was thy fear , or else ...
Page 32
... poetical trade in a joint stock would certainly do what they could to sink and ruin an unlicensed adventurer , not- withstanding I disturbed none of their factories , nor imported any goods they have ever dealt in . " He had lived in ...
... poetical trade in a joint stock would certainly do what they could to sink and ruin an unlicensed adventurer , not- withstanding I disturbed none of their factories , nor imported any goods they have ever dealt in . " He had lived in ...
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... poetical , spirit . Correction seldom effects more than the suppression of faults ; a happy line , or a single elegance , may perhaps be added ; but of a large work the general character must always remain ; the original constitution ...
... poetical , spirit . Correction seldom effects more than the suppression of faults ; a happy line , or a single elegance , may perhaps be added ; but of a large work the general character must always remain ; the original constitution ...
Page 60
... poetical arcadia so remote from known reality and speculative possibility , that we can never support its representation through a long work . A pastoral of a hundred lines may be endured ; but who will hear of sheep and goats , and ...
... poetical arcadia so remote from known reality and speculative possibility , that we can never support its representation through a long work . A pastoral of a hundred lines may be endured ; but who will hear of sheep and goats , and ...
Page 61
... poetical powers , and addressed the new monarch in three short pieces , of which the first is profane , and the two others such as a boy might be expected to pro- duce ; but he was commended by old Waller , who perhaps was pleased to ...
... poetical powers , and addressed the new monarch in three short pieces , of which the first is profane , and the two others such as a boy might be expected to pro- duce ; but he was commended by old Waller , who perhaps was pleased to ...
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