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... kind of poesy fit for all manner of subjects . But he should have remembered , that what is fit for every thing can fit nothing well . The great pleasure of verse arises from the known measure of the lines , and uniform structure of the ...
... kind of poesy fit for all manner of subjects . But he should have remembered , that what is fit for every thing can fit nothing well . The great pleasure of verse arises from the known measure of the lines , and uniform structure of the ...
Pagina 200
... kind ; as if a tenth Muse had been newly born , to cherish drooping poetry . The Doctor at that time brought him into that com- pany , which was most celebrated for good conversa- tion ; where he was received and esteemed , with great ...
... kind ; as if a tenth Muse had been newly born , to cherish drooping poetry . The Doctor at that time brought him into that com- pany , which was most celebrated for good conversa- tion ; where he was received and esteemed , with great ...
Pagina 325
... kind of writing , which , though prosaick in some parts , rises to high poetry in others , and neither towers to the skies , nor creeps along the ground . Of the same kind , or not far distant from it , is the Hind and Panther , the ...
... kind of writing , which , though prosaick in some parts , rises to high poetry in others , and neither towers to the skies , nor creeps along the ground . Of the same kind , or not far distant from it , is the Hind and Panther , the ...
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Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Samuel Johnson,George Birkbeck Norman Hill Fragmentweergave - 1968 |
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