The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 33
... original writer , who borrowed neither the mo- dels of his plot nor the manner of his dialogue . Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly , for since I in- spected them many years have passed ; but what remains upon my memory is , that ...
... original writer , who borrowed neither the mo- dels of his plot nor the manner of his dialogue . Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly , for since I in- spected them many years have passed ; but what remains upon my memory is , that ...
Page 38
... original . In all his versions strength and spright- liness are wanting ; his Hymn to Venus , from Ho- mer , is perhaps the best . His lines are weakened with expletives , and his rhymes are frequently im- perfect . His petty poems are ...
... original . In all his versions strength and spright- liness are wanting ; his Hymn to Venus , from Ho- mer , is perhaps the best . His lines are weakened with expletives , and his rhymes are frequently im- perfect . His petty poems are ...
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... original constitution can be very lit- tle helped by local remedies ; inherent and radical dulness will never be much invigorated by extrin- sic animation . This poem , if he had written nothing else , would have transmitted him to ...
... original constitution can be very lit- tle helped by local remedies ; inherent and radical dulness will never be much invigorated by extrin- sic animation . This poem , if he had written nothing else , would have transmitted him to ...
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... original position , the fun- damental principle of wisdom and of virtue . As the heroic poems of Blackmore are now little read , it is thought proper to insert , as a specimen from " Prince Arthur , " the song of Mopas , men- tioned by ...
... original position , the fun- damental principle of wisdom and of virtue . As the heroic poems of Blackmore are now little read , it is thought proper to insert , as a specimen from " Prince Arthur , " the song of Mopas , men- tioned by ...
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... original copy nor corrected the press , was supposed capable of amendment . To this edition he prefixed a short and elegant account of Milton's life , written at once with tenderness and integrity . He published likewise ( 1729 ) a very ...
... original copy nor corrected the press , was supposed capable of amendment . To this edition he prefixed a short and elegant account of Milton's life , written at once with tenderness and integrity . He published likewise ( 1729 ) a very ...
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