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viii PREFACE . ticularly desirous of doing justice to a great living poet , of whom ,
in the first instance , led away by the impatience of seeing him pervert his genius ,
he had suffered himself to speak with unqualified , and therefore unbecoming ...
viii PREFACE . ticularly desirous of doing justice to a great living poet , of whom ,
in the first instance , led away by the impatience of seeing him pervert his genius ,
he had suffered himself to speak with unqualified , and therefore unbecoming ...
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14 , is the following passage : At length they came into a forest wyde , Whose
hideous horror and sad trembling sound Full griesly seemd : . . . . therein they
long did ryde , Yet tract of living creature none they found , Save beares , lyons ,
and ...
14 , is the following passage : At length they came into a forest wyde , Whose
hideous horror and sad trembling sound Full griesly seemd : . . . . therein they
long did ryde , Yet tract of living creature none they found , Save beares , lyons ,
and ...
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The manner in which he has related those difficulties , in the interesting little
memoir prefixed to his Juvenal , is calculated to give his readers a regard for him
as well as respect ; and upon the whole , there is no living author , perhaps , who
...
The manner in which he has related those difficulties , in the interesting little
memoir prefixed to his Juvenal , is calculated to give his readers a regard for him
as well as respect ; and upon the whole , there is no living author , perhaps , who
...
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... be as general as it appears . If Mr . Moore were living as he used to do , in the
thick of the gay world , I might avail myself , perhaps , of the social and generous
character of his writings to recommend them to him ; but he has taken wing , 111.
... be as general as it appears . If Mr . Moore were living as he used to do , in the
thick of the gay world , I might avail myself , perhaps , of the social and generous
character of his writings to recommend them to him ; but he has taken wing , 111.
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If there is any living poet whom , from his situation in life , from his early genius ,
and from the complexion of his writings , a cordial observer might venture to
remind of these matters , it is a young nobleman who has been lately rising into ...
If there is any living poet whom , from his situation in life , from his early genius ,
and from the complexion of his writings , a cordial observer might venture to
remind of these matters , it is a young nobleman who has been lately rising into ...
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| Title | The Feast of the Poets: With Notes, and Other Pieces in Verse |
| Author | Leigh Hunt |
| Publisher | J. Cawthorn, 1814 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 5 Feb 2009 |
| Length | 157 pages |
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