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Page 28
... particular friend of his - one Mr. Rose : ( 27 ) But the God look'd at Southey , and shrugging his shoul- der , Cried , " When , my good friend , will you try to grow older ? " Then nodding to Scott , he said , " Pray be as portly And ...
... particular friend of his - one Mr. Rose : ( 27 ) But the God look'd at Southey , and shrugging his shoul- der , Cried , " When , my good friend , will you try to grow older ? " Then nodding to Scott , he said , " Pray be as portly And ...
Page 40
... particular notes . See , for instance , the first twen- ty lines of Windsor Forest , the two first para- graphs of Eloisa to Abelard , and that gorgeous misrepresentation of the exquisite moonlight pic- ture in Homer . The last may well ...
... particular notes . See , for instance , the first twen- ty lines of Windsor Forest , the two first para- graphs of Eloisa to Abelard , and that gorgeous misrepresentation of the exquisite moonlight pic- ture in Homer . The last may well ...
Page 62
... particular ease or pro- fundity , he only becomes slovenly in the one in- stance and poetically pedantic in the other . His politics may be estimated at once by the simple fact , that of all the advocates of Charles the Se- cond , he is ...
... particular ease or pro- fundity , he only becomes slovenly in the one in- stance and poetically pedantic in the other . His politics may be estimated at once by the simple fact , that of all the advocates of Charles the Se- cond , he is ...
Page 64
... particular mode of style is gone , a poet will obtain reputa- tion for little else than a discernment of other men's beauties , who has no natural language and no style of his own - who cannot describe what he sees and feels but in ...
... particular mode of style is gone , a poet will obtain reputa- tion for little else than a discernment of other men's beauties , who has no natural language and no style of his own - who cannot describe what he sees and feels but in ...
Page 68
... Indeed , it is ob- servable , how inevitably his own taste leads him to forget the imitative turn of his versification , whenever he has to describe some particular scene , in which the affections are interested ; but 68.
... Indeed , it is ob- servable , how inevitably his own taste leads him to forget the imitative turn of his versification , whenever he has to describe some particular scene , in which the affections are interested ; but 68.
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Abydos admiration affected Apollo appears bard beautiful better bow'd bright called character Coleridge court court of aldermen cried criticism delight Dryden elegant Eloisa to Abelard ev'ry eyes Fairfax fancy faults Feast feeling flow'r forget friends genius Giaour give graceful harmony Hayley heart idle imitation Italian Jump-up-and-kiss-me Juvenal keep king Laureat least less lines look look'd Lord Byron Lyrical Ballads mind Montepulciano Muse narch never o'er original passion perhaps persons piece Pindar poem poet Poet Laureat poetical poetry politics poor Pope praise prince PYRRHA reader respect rhyme ribaldry round satire Scott seem'd seems sense Shakspeare simplicity singular Sirmio smiles society song soul Southey sparkling speak species spect Spenser spirit style Tasso taste thee thing thou thought tion true turn turn'd twas only Bob verses versification vex'd vulgar Walter Scott wine words Wordsworth writings written