LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... verses of a lover , no man that has ever loved will much com- mend them . They are neither courtly nor pathetick , have neither gallantry nor fondness . His praises are too far sought , and too hyperbolical , either to ex- press love ...
... verses of a lover , no man that has ever loved will much com- mend them . They are neither courtly nor pathetick , have neither gallantry nor fondness . His praises are too far sought , and too hyperbolical , either to ex- press love ...
Page 30
... verse of any length , from two syllables to twelve . The verses of Pindar have , as he observes , very little harmony to a modern ear ; yet by ex- amining the syllables we perceive them to be regular , and have reason enough for ...
... verse of any length , from two syllables to twelve . The verses of Pindar have , as he observes , very little harmony to a modern ear ; yet by ex- amining the syllables we perceive them to be regular , and have reason enough for ...
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... verses together , of which the former does not slide easily into the latter . The words do and did , which so much degrade in present estimation the line that admits them , were in the time of Cowley little censured or avoided ; how ...
... verses together , of which the former does not slide easily into the latter . The words do and did , which so much degrade in present estimation the line that admits them , were in the time of Cowley little censured or avoided ; how ...
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... Verse can imitate only sound and motion . A boundless verse , a headlong verse , and a verse of brass or of strong brass , seem to comprise very incongruous and unsociable ideas . What there is peculiar in the ... verses left In COWLEY . 39.
... Verse can imitate only sound and motion . A boundless verse , a headlong verse , and a verse of brass or of strong brass , seem to comprise very incongruous and unsociable ideas . What there is peculiar in the ... verses left In COWLEY . 39.
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... verses on the government of Cromwell he inserts them liberally with great happiness . After so much criticism on his Poems , the Essays which accompany them must not be forgotten . What is said by Sprat of his conversation , that no man ...
... verses on the government of Cromwell he inserts them liberally with great happiness . After so much criticism on his Poems , the Essays which accompany them must not be forgotten . What is said by Sprat of his conversation , that no man ...
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