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Pagina 107
... formed from dactyls and spon- dees differently combined ; the English heroic admits of acute or grave syllables variously disposed . The Latin never deviates into seven feet , or exceeds the number of seventeen syllables ; but the ...
... formed from dactyls and spon- dees differently combined ; the English heroic admits of acute or grave syllables variously disposed . The Latin never deviates into seven feet , or exceeds the number of seventeen syllables ; but the ...
Pagina 185
... formed and laid aside , till the vigour of his imagination was spent , and the effervescence of invention had subsided ; but soon gave way to some other design , which pleased by its novelty for a while , and then was neglected like the ...
... formed and laid aside , till the vigour of his imagination was spent , and the effervescence of invention had subsided ; but soon gave way to some other design , which pleased by its novelty for a while , and then was neglected like the ...
Pagina 239
... formed his versification , and the smoothness of his numbers surpassed his original : but this is a small part of his praise ; he discovers such acquaintance both with human and public affairs as is not easily conceived to have been ...
... formed his versification , and the smoothness of his numbers surpassed his original : but this is a small part of his praise ; he discovers such acquaintance both with human and public affairs as is not easily conceived to have been ...
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From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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