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... poet , with all his care , has not totally purged from pedantry . " If by pedantry is meant that minute knowledge ... poetry , it will be found that he wrote with abundant fer- tility , but negligent or unskilful selection ; with much ...
... poet , with all his care , has not totally purged from pedantry . " If by pedantry is meant that minute knowledge ... poetry , it will be found that he wrote with abundant fer- tility , but negligent or unskilful selection ; with much ...
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... poets observed it , for aught I can find . The Latins ( qui Musas colunt severiores ) sometimes did it ; and their prince , Virgil , always : in whom the examples are in ... poetry , may be applied of re + bara pi DENHA M. 20 COWLEY .
... poets observed it , for aught I can find . The Latins ( qui Musas colunt severiores ) sometimes did it ; and their prince , Virgil , always : in whom the examples are in ... poetry , may be applied of re + bara pi DENHA M. 20 COWLEY .
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... poetry but tragedy . It may be affirmed , without any encomiastic fervour , that he brought to his poetic labours a mind replete with learning , and that his pages are embellished with all the ornaments which books could supply ; that ...
... poetry but tragedy . It may be affirmed , without any encomiastic fervour , that he brought to his poetic labours a mind replete with learning , and that his pages are embellished with all the ornaments which books could supply ; that ...
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... poetry . " Denham and Waller , " says Prior , " improved our versifica- tion , and Dryden perfected it . " He has given specimens of various composition , descriptive , ludicrous , didactic , and sublime . He appears to have had , in ...
... poetry . " Denham and Waller , " says Prior , " improved our versifica- tion , and Dryden perfected it . " He has given specimens of various composition , descriptive , ludicrous , didactic , and sublime . He appears to have had , in ...
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... poetry , but pains Cheap vulgar arts , whose narrowness affords H No flight for thoughts , but poorly stick at words . A new and nobler way thou dost pursue , any . tence are so accurately sted ; and the flow 911 Jonyliso od did a tog ...
... poetry , but pains Cheap vulgar arts , whose narrowness affords H No flight for thoughts , but poorly stick at words . A new and nobler way thou dost pursue , any . tence are so accurately sted ; and the flow 911 Jonyliso od did a tog ...
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