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For this purpose he has considerably increased the text , and added almost the
whole of the present notes . The latter , it is true , after all , are rather results of
criticism , than criticism itself ; and the smallness of the poem , perhaps , hardly ...
For this purpose he has considerably increased the text , and added almost the
whole of the present notes . The latter , it is true , after all , are rather results of
criticism , than criticism itself ; and the smallness of the poem , perhaps , hardly ...
Page 8
For the modern dramatists , as a body , it is almost needless in the present writer
to express his contempt ; and some of them , even as men , deserve to be
handled with little ceremony for their fopperies or vulgarities . But a line has
escaped ...
For the modern dramatists , as a body , it is almost needless in the present writer
to express his contempt ; and some of them , even as men , deserve to be
handled with little ceremony for their fopperies or vulgarities . But a line has
escaped ...
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... familiar and fanciful , of which it appears so provocative , and which the present
trifle is an attempt to supply . The pieces it has already produced in our language
are , the Session of the PREFACE Poets , by Sir John Suckling ; another Sesa.
... familiar and fanciful , of which it appears so provocative , and which the present
trifle is an attempt to supply . The pieces it has already produced in our language
are , the Session of the PREFACE Poets , by Sir John Suckling ; another Sesa.
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Be original , man ; study more , ' scribble 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 ...
Be original , man ; study more , ' scribble 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 ...
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_ there never was a more favourable time than the present for an attempt to bring
back the real harmonies of the English heroic , and to restore to it half the true
principle of its music - variety . I am not here joining the cry of those who affect to
...
_ there never was a more favourable time than the present for an attempt to bring
back the real harmonies of the English heroic , and to restore to it half the true
principle of its music - variety . I am not here joining the cry of those who affect to
...
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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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