Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1964 - Poets, English |
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Page 169
... numbers , and by his own nicety of observation , he had already formed such a system of metrical harmony as he never afterwards much needed , or much endeavoured , to improve . Denham corrected his numbers by experience . and gained ...
... numbers , and by his own nicety of observation , he had already formed such a system of metrical harmony as he never afterwards much needed , or much endeavoured , to improve . Denham corrected his numbers by experience . and gained ...
Page 223
... numbers indeed , but imitates them very injudiciously . Deformity is easily copied ; and whatever there is in Milton which the reader wishes away , all that is obsolete , peculiar , or licentious , is accu- mulated with great care by ...
... numbers indeed , but imitates them very injudiciously . Deformity is easily copied ; and whatever there is in Milton which the reader wishes away , all that is obsolete , peculiar , or licentious , is accu- mulated with great care by ...
Page 308
... numbers ; and all these raised to such a height as can scarcely be found in any other English composition . It is not , however , without faults ; some lines are inelegant or improper , and too many are irreligiously licentious . The ...
... numbers ; and all these raised to such a height as can scarcely be found in any other English composition . It is not , however , without faults ; some lines are inelegant or improper , and too many are irreligiously licentious . The ...
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