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Pagina 12
... diction of Rome to his own con- ceptions . At the Restoration , after all the diligence of his long service , and with consciousness not only of the merit of fidelity , but of the dignity of great abilities , he naturally expected ample ...
... diction of Rome to his own con- ceptions . At the Restoration , after all the diligence of his long service , and with consciousness not only of the merit of fidelity , but of the dignity of great abilities , he naturally expected ample ...
Pagina 17
... diction . But Pope's account of wit is undoubted- ly erroneous : he depresses it below its natural dig . nity , and reduces it from strength of thought to happiness of language . If by a more noble and more adequate concep- tion that be ...
... diction . But Pope's account of wit is undoubted- ly erroneous : he depresses it below its natural dig . nity , and reduces it from strength of thought to happiness of language . If by a more noble and more adequate concep- tion that be ...
Pagina 38
... diction shews nothing of the mould of time , and the sentiments are at no great distance from our present habitudes of thought . Real mirth must always be natural , and nature is uniform . Men have been wise in very different modes ...
... diction shews nothing of the mould of time , and the sentiments are at no great distance from our present habitudes of thought . Real mirth must always be natural , and nature is uniform . Men have been wise in very different modes ...
Pagina 42
... diction , could ima gine , either waking or dreaming , that he imitated Pindar . In the following odes , where Cowley chooses his own subjects , ' he sometimes rises to dignity , truly Pindaric ; and , if some deficiencies of language ...
... diction , could ima gine , either waking or dreaming , that he imitated Pindar . In the following odes , where Cowley chooses his own subjects , ' he sometimes rises to dignity , truly Pindaric ; and , if some deficiencies of language ...
Pagina 57
... diction was in his own time censured as neg- ligent . He seems not to have known , or not to have considered , that words being arbitrary must owe their power to association , and have the influ- ence , and that only , which custom has ...
... diction was in his own time censured as neg- ligent . He seems not to have known , or not to have considered , that words being arbitrary must owe their power to association , and have the influ- ence , and that only , which custom has ...
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