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... 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 title to this kind of freedom ; But volumes of endings , lugg'd in as ...
... 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 title to this kind of freedom ; But volumes of endings , lugg'd in as ...
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... regard him , not only as no master of his art , but as a very indifferent practiser , and one whose reputation will grow less and less in proportion as the lovers of poetry become inti- mate with his great predecessors , and with the ...
... regard him , not only as no master of his art , but as a very indifferent practiser , and one whose reputation will grow less and less in proportion as the lovers of poetry become inti- mate with his great predecessors , and with the ...
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... regard to every man's own mode of thinking and speaking , might lead the poets of the present age to that proper mixture of sweetness and strength - of modern finish and ancient variety , from which Pope and his rhyming facilities have ...
... regard to every man's own mode of thinking and speaking , might lead the poets of the present age to that proper mixture of sweetness and strength - of modern finish and ancient variety , from which Pope and his rhyming facilities have ...
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... regard for him as well as respect ; and upon the whole , there is no living author , perhaps , who might have enjoyed a more unmingled reputation , of the middle species , than Mr. Gifford . But a vile , peevish temper , the more ...
... regard for him as well as respect ; and upon the whole , there is no living author , perhaps , who might have enjoyed a more unmingled reputation , of the middle species , than Mr. Gifford . But a vile , peevish temper , the more ...
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... of quo- tation , " There's no such thing ! " * Quarterly Review , No. 18 , p . 148 . † See a pleasant and manly fling at Mrs. Robinson's " cruteh- es " in the Baviad , v . 28 . With regard to Mr. Gifford's poetical claims , which I 60.
... of quo- tation , " There's no such thing ! " * Quarterly Review , No. 18 , p . 148 . † See a pleasant and manly fling at Mrs. Robinson's " cruteh- es " in the Baviad , v . 28 . With regard to Mr. Gifford's poetical claims , which I 60.
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