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Pagina 22
... rhymes , which have not always sufficient conso- nance , and from the admission of broken lines into his " Solomon ; " but perhaps he thought , like Cow- ley , that hemistichs ought to be admitted into he roic poetry . He had apparently ...
... rhymes , which have not always sufficient conso- nance , and from the admission of broken lines into his " Solomon ; " but perhaps he thought , like Cow- ley , that hemistichs ought to be admitted into he roic poetry . He had apparently ...
Pagina 38
... rhymes are frequently im- perfect . His petty poems are seldom worth the cost of cri- ticism ; sometimes the thoughts are false , and some . times common . In his verses on Lady Gethin , the latter part is in imitation of Dryden's Ode ...
... rhymes are frequently im- perfect . His petty poems are seldom worth the cost of cri- ticism ; sometimes the thoughts are false , and some . times common . In his verses on Lady Gethin , the latter part is in imitation of Dryden's Ode ...
Pagina 65
... rhyme . The piece addressed to Lambarde is no disagreeable specimen of episto- lary poetry ; and his Ode to the Lord Gower was pronounced by Pope the next ode in the Eng- lish language to Dryden's " Cecilia . " Fenton may be justly ...
... rhyme . The piece addressed to Lambarde is no disagreeable specimen of episto- lary poetry ; and his Ode to the Lord Gower was pronounced by Pope the next ode in the Eng- lish language to Dryden's " Cecilia . " Fenton may be justly ...
Pagina 76
... ex- traet any moral principle . They are , however , told with liveliness ; the versification is smooth ; and the diction , though now and then a little con- strained by the measure or the rhyme , is generally 76 GAY ,
... ex- traet any moral principle . They are , however , told with liveliness ; the versification is smooth ; and the diction , though now and then a little con- strained by the measure or the rhyme , is generally 76 GAY ,
Pagina 77
Samuel Johnson. strained by the measure or the rhyme , is generally 77 happy . To " Trivia " may be allowed all that it claims ; it is sprightly , various , and pleasant . The subject is of that kind which - Gay was by nature qualified ...
Samuel Johnson. strained by the measure or the rhyme , is generally 77 happy . To " Trivia " may be allowed all that it claims ; it is sprightly , various , and pleasant . The subject is of that kind which - Gay was by nature qualified ...
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