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... 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 examining 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 examining the syllables , we perceive them to be regular , and have reason enough for ...
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... verses are not without a just claim to praise ; of which it may be said with truth , no man but Cowley could have written them . er of human genius to dignify . The miracle of creation , however it may teem with images , is best ...
... verses are not without a just claim to praise ; of which it may be said with truth , no man but Cowley could have written them . er of human genius to dignify . The miracle of creation , however it may teem with images , is best ...
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... verse to unexpected and inevitable grandeur ; but his excellence of this kind is merely fortui- tous : he sinks ... verses together , of which the former does not slide easily into the latter . The words do and did , which so much ...
... verse to unexpected and inevitable grandeur ; but his excellence of this kind is merely fortui- tous : he sinks ... verses together , of which the former does not slide easily into the latter . The words do and did , which so much ...
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... verse verse is so loose , long , and as it were , in the number the nature of the it is to bsenhich is describes , which I would have in divers other p places of this poem , that else will pass for very careless verses : as before ...
... verse verse is so loose , long , and as it were , in the number the nature of the it is to bsenhich is describes , which I would have in divers other p places of this poem , that else will pass for very careless verses : as before ...
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... verse . II " Cooper's Hill , " if it be maliciously inspec- ted , will not be found without its faults . The digressions are ... verses , which , since Dryden has commended them , almost every writer for a century past has imitated , are ...
... verse . II " Cooper's Hill , " if it be maliciously inspec- ted , will not be found without its faults . The digressions are ... verses , which , since Dryden has commended them , almost every writer for a century past has imitated , are ...
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