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... praise or censure he may have be- stowed on any one , has at least the merit of being sincere . He has many warm feel- ings upon every subject of public concern , poetical as well as political ; but none , he trusts , of an ill tempered ...
... praise or censure he may have be- stowed on any one , has at least the merit of being sincere . He has many warm feel- ings upon every subject of public concern , poetical as well as political ; but none , he trusts , of an ill tempered ...
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... praises instead of your rhyme , Might have gained you a title to this kind of freedom ; But volumes of endings , lugg'd in as you need ' em , Of hearts and imparts , where's the soul that can read ' em ? ( 8 ) So saying , his eye so ...
... praises instead of your rhyme , Might have gained you a title to this kind of freedom ; But volumes of endings , lugg'd in as you need ' em , Of hearts and imparts , where's the soul that can read ' em ? ( 8 ) So saying , his eye so ...
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... praise of bombarding one's friends and relations ; ( 18 ) And t'other some lines he had made on a straw , Showing how he had found it , and what it was for , And how , when ' twas balanc'd , it stood like a spell ! - And how , when ...
... praise of bombarding one's friends and relations ; ( 18 ) And t'other some lines he had made on a straw , Showing how he had found it , and what it was for , And how , when ' twas balanc'd , it stood like a spell ! - And how , when ...
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... praises which he has elsewhere bestowed upon these very varie- ties , and which we may reasonably suspect him of having pronounced upon the strength of the rule which he treats so contemptuously , * it ought to be recollected , that the ...
... praises which he has elsewhere bestowed upon these very varie- ties , and which we may reasonably suspect him of having pronounced upon the strength of the rule which he treats so contemptuously , * it ought to be recollected , that the ...
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... praises instead of your rhyme , Might have gain'd you a title to this kind of freedom- But volumes of endings , lugg'd in as you need ' em , Of hearts and imparts - where's the soul that can read ' em ? There is something not inelegant ...
... praises instead of your rhyme , Might have gain'd you a title to this kind of freedom- But volumes of endings , lugg'd in as you need ' em , Of hearts and imparts - where's the soul that can read ' em ? There is something not inelegant ...
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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