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Page 68
... affections . We demand -not the copy of another's simplicity , but the simplicity of the speaker himself ; we want an unaffected , cotemporaneous language , such as our ears and our hearts shall equally recognise , and such as our own ...
... affections . We demand -not the copy of another's simplicity , but the simplicity of the speaker himself ; we want an unaffected , cotemporaneous language , such as our ears and our hearts shall equally recognise , and such as our own ...
Page 69
... affections are interested ; but the present stock of readers , who have had their ears spoiled by easy versification , will not readily consent to exchange it for one of a less accom- modating description with additional difficulties ...
... affections are interested ; but the present stock of readers , who have had their ears spoiled by easy versification , will not readily consent to exchange it for one of a less accom- modating description with additional difficulties ...
Page 70
... affections -- which showed a conscious ne- cessity of correcting it . Part with it altogether he need not as a writer , and could not as a poet : but to correct and unite it with nobler sympa- thies was his business as a true lover both ...
... affections -- which showed a conscious ne- cessity of correcting it . Part with it altogether he need not as a writer , and could not as a poet : but to correct and unite it with nobler sympa- thies was his business as a true lover both ...
Page 76
... character ; he touches the affections pleasingly though not powerfully ; and his moral vein stands him in stead , as it ought to do , of a good deal of dignity in other respects . What he wants in the gross , is a natural 76.
... character ; he touches the affections pleasingly though not powerfully ; and his moral vein stands him in stead , as it ought to do , of a good deal of dignity in other respects . What he wants in the gross , is a natural 76.
Page 84
... affections of our nature ; thirdly , and lastly , that these sub- jects , to be worthily and effectively treated , should be clothed in language equally artless . I pass over the contingent parts of the Preface , though touching out ...
... affections of our nature ; thirdly , and lastly , that these sub- jects , to be worthily and effectively treated , should be clothed in language equally artless . I pass over the contingent parts of the Preface , though touching out ...
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