Lives of the English Poets1964 |
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... easy , vulgar , and therefore disgusting ; whatever images it can supply are long ago exhausted , and its inherent im- probability always forces dissatisfaction on the mind . When Cowley tells of Hervey , that they studied together , it ...
... easy , vulgar , and therefore disgusting ; whatever images it can supply are long ago exhausted , and its inherent im- probability always forces dissatisfaction on the mind . When Cowley tells of Hervey , that they studied together , it ...
Pagina 385
... Easy poetry is universally admired ; but I know not whether any rule has yet been fixed , by which it may be decided when poetry can be properly called easy . Horace has told us , that it is such as " every reader hopes to equal , but ...
... Easy poetry is universally admired ; but I know not whether any rule has yet been fixed , by which it may be decided when poetry can be properly called easy . Horace has told us , that it is such as " every reader hopes to equal , but ...
Pagina 386
... easily be pardoned , but they always produce some degree of obscurity and ruggedness . Easy poetry has been so long excluded by am- bition of ornament , and luxuriance of imagery , that its nature seems now to be forgotten . Affectation ...
... easily be pardoned , but they always produce some degree of obscurity and ruggedness . Easy poetry has been so long excluded by am- bition of ornament , and luxuriance of imagery , that its nature seems now to be forgotten . Affectation ...
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The Satirical Letters of St Jerome | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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