The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... poet , he had not recovered from our Pindaric infatua tion ; but he probably lived to be convinced , that the essence of verse is order and consonance . His numbers are such as mere diligence may attain ; they seldom offend the ear ...
... poet , he had not recovered from our Pindaric infatua tion ; but he probably lived to be convinced , that the essence of verse is order and consonance . His numbers are such as mere diligence may attain ; they seldom offend the ear ...
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... poet ; he feels what he remembers to have felt before ; but he feels it with great in- crease of sensibility ; he recognizes a familiar im- age , but meets it again amplified and expanded , embellished with beauty and enlarged with ma ...
... poet ; he feels what he remembers to have felt before ; but he feels it with great in- crease of sensibility ; he recognizes a familiar im- age , but meets it again amplified and expanded , embellished with beauty and enlarged with ma ...
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... poet's company , having never kissed the governor's hands : mine is therefore not so much as a permis- sion - poem , but a downright interloper . Those gen- tlemen who carry on their poetical trade in a joint stock would certainly do ...
... poet's company , having never kissed the governor's hands : mine is therefore not so much as a permis- sion - poem , but a downright interloper . Those gen- tlemen who carry on their poetical trade in a joint stock would certainly do ...
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... poet sinks , the man rises ; the animadversions of Dennis , insolent and contemp- tuous as they were , raised in him no implacable re- sentment : he and his critic were afterwards friends ; and in one of his latter works he praises ...
... poet sinks , the man rises ; the animadversions of Dennis , insolent and contemp- tuous as they were , raised in him no implacable re- sentment : he and his critic were afterwards friends ; and in one of his latter works he praises ...
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... in prose , which can . be commended only as they are written for the highest and noblest purpose - the promotion of reli- gion . Blackmore's prose is not the prose of a poet ; for it is languid , sluggish , and lifeless ; BLACKMORE . 47.
... in prose , which can . be commended only as they are written for the highest and noblest purpose - the promotion of reli- gion . Blackmore's prose is not the prose of a poet ; for it is languid , sluggish , and lifeless ; BLACKMORE . 47.
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