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What praise or censure he may have bestowed on any one , has at least the merit
of being sincere . He has many warm feelings upon every subject of public
concern , poetical as well as political , but none , he trusts , of an ill tempered , still
...
What praise or censure he may have bestowed on any one , has at least the merit
of being sincere . He has many warm feelings upon every subject of public
concern , poetical as well as political , but none , he trusts , of an ill tempered , still
...
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Pray have you to learn — and at this time of day , That your views on regard have
been all the wrong way ? One ten thousandth part of the words and the time That
you ' ve wasted on praises instead of your rhyme , Might have gained you a ...
Pray have you to learn — and at this time of day , That your views on regard have
been all the wrong way ? One ten thousandth part of the words and the time That
you ' ve wasted on praises instead of your rhyme , Might have gained you a ...
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... When one began spouting the cream of orations In praise of bombarding one '
s friends and relations ; ( 18 ) And t ' other soine lines he had made on a straw ,
Showing how he had found it , and what it was for , And how , when ' twas balanc
...
... When one began spouting the cream of orations In praise of bombarding one '
s friends and relations ; ( 18 ) And t ' other soine lines he had made on a straw ,
Showing how he had found it , and what it was for , And how , when ' twas balanc
...
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Without dwelling , therefore , upon the praises which he has elsewhere bestowed
upon these very varieties , and which we may reasonably suspect him of having
pronounced upon the strength of the rule which he treats so contemptuously ...
Without dwelling , therefore , upon the praises which he has elsewhere bestowed
upon these very varieties , and which we may reasonably suspect him of having
pronounced upon the strength of the rule which he treats so contemptuously ...
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line , sometimes upon only one of them for eight or ten lines together ; so that
when Voltaire praised him for bringing down the harsh wranglings of the English
trumpet to the soft tones of the flute , * he should have added , that he made a
point ...
line , sometimes upon only one of them for eight or ten lines together ; so that
when Voltaire praised him for bringing down the harsh wranglings of the English
trumpet to the soft tones of the flute , * he should have added , that he made a
point ...
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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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