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Page viii
... less of a personal nature , * and least of all , if possi- * It is an unpleasant thing for an author to balk the numour of one of his passages . For the modern dra- matists , as a body , it is almost needless in the present writer to ...
... less of a personal nature , * and least of all , if possi- * It is an unpleasant thing for an author to balk the numour of one of his passages . For the modern dra- matists , as a body , it is almost needless in the present writer to ...
Page xi
... less agreeable studies , and in which he would attempt to reduce to prac- tice his own ideas of what is natural in style , and of the various and legitimate harmony of the English heroic . CONTENTS . Feast of the Poets , Notes to the.
... less agreeable studies , and in which he would attempt to reduce to prac- tice his own ideas of what is natural in style , and of the various and legitimate harmony of the English heroic . CONTENTS . Feast of the Poets , Notes to the.
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... great thing ! And what was still greater in his eyes - a king ! ( 10 ) Apollo smil'd shrewdly , and bade him sit down With " Well , Mr. Scott , you have manag'd the town ; Now pray , copy less - have a little temerity- 20.
... great thing ! And what was still greater in his eyes - a king ! ( 10 ) Apollo smil'd shrewdly , and bade him sit down With " Well , Mr. Scott , you have manag'd the town ; Now pray , copy less - have a little temerity- 20.
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... less ; Nor mistake present favour for lasting success ; And remember , if laurels are what you would find , The crown of all triumph is freedom of mind . " ( 11 ) " And here , " cried Apollo , " is one at the door , Who shall prove what ...
... less ; Nor mistake present favour for lasting success ; And remember , if laurels are what you would find , The crown of all triumph is freedom of mind . " ( 11 ) " And here , " cried Apollo , " is one at the door , Who shall prove what ...
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... less courtly . ” So , changing the subject , he call'd upon Moore , Who sung such a song , that they shouted " Encore ! " And the God was so pleas'd with his taste and his tone , He obey'd the next call , and gave one of his own- At ...
... less courtly . ” So , changing the subject , he call'd upon Moore , Who sung such a song , that they shouted " Encore ! " And the God was so pleas'd with his taste and his tone , He obey'd the next call , and gave one of his own- At ...
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