The Lives of the English PoetsBernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pagina's |
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Pagina 17
... perhaps he thought , like Cowley , that hemistichs ought to be admitted into heroic poetry . He had apparently such rectitude of judgment as secured him from every thing that approached to the ridiculous or absurd ; but as laws operate ...
... perhaps he thought , like Cowley , that hemistichs ought to be admitted into heroic poetry . He had apparently such rectitude of judgment as secured him from every thing that approached to the ridiculous or absurd ; but as laws operate ...
Pagina 30
... perhaps the best . His lines are weakened with expletives , and his rhymes are frequently imperfect . His petty poems are seldom worth the cost of criticism ; sometimes the thoughts are false , and sometimes common . In his verses on ...
... perhaps the best . His lines are weakened with expletives , and his rhymes are frequently imperfect . His petty poems are seldom worth the cost of criticism ; sometimes the thoughts are false , and sometimes common . In his verses on ...
Pagina 33
... perhaps had other merit , for he says , in his dedication to " Alfred , " that " he had a greater part in the succession of the house of Hanover than ever he had boasted . " What Blackmore could contribute to the succession , or what he ...
... perhaps had other merit , for he says , in his dedication to " Alfred , " that " he had a greater part in the succession of the house of Hanover than ever he had boasted . " What Blackmore could contribute to the succession , or what he ...
Pagina 35
... perhaps no where in the book thirty lines together that now stand as they were originally written . " The relation of Philips , I suppose , was true ; but when all reasonable , all credible , allowance is made for this friendly revision ...
... perhaps no where in the book thirty lines together that now stand as they were originally written . " The relation of Philips , I suppose , was true ; but when all reasonable , all credible , allowance is made for this friendly revision ...
Pagina 48
... perhaps , not shamed , by general applause . Fenton's profits are said to have amounted to near a thousand pounds , with which he discharged a debt contracted by his attendance at court . Fenton seems to have had some peculiar system of ...
... perhaps , not shamed , by general applause . Fenton's profits are said to have amounted to near a thousand pounds , with which he discharged a debt contracted by his attendance at court . Fenton seems to have had some peculiar system of ...
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