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... rhyme . There was Collins , ' tis true , had a good deal to say ; But the rogue had no industry -- neither had Gray : And l'homson , though best in his indolent fits , Either slept himself weary , or blated his wits . ( 2 ) But ever ...
... rhyme . There was Collins , ' tis true , had a good deal to say ; But the rogue had no industry -- neither had Gray : And l'homson , though best in his indolent fits , Either slept himself weary , or blated his wits . ( 2 ) But ever ...
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... 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 alarmingly shone , That ere ...
... 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 alarmingly shone , That ere ...
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... rhyme ; But prose such as your's is a pure waste of time- A singer of ballads unstrung by a cough , Who fairly talks on , till his hearers walk off . Be original , man ; study more , scribble less ; Nor mistake present favour for ...
... rhyme ; But prose such as your's is a pure waste of time- A singer of ballads unstrung by a cough , Who fairly talks on , till his hearers walk off . Be original , man ; study more , scribble less ; Nor mistake present favour for ...
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... foulest faults , To laugh at their vain deeds and vainer thoughts , " Would Dryden have pardoned such a rhyme ? " . It would appear so , for he used it repeatedly him- self . Not to multiply instances , see the 2d 32.
... foulest faults , To laugh at their vain deeds and vainer thoughts , " Would Dryden have pardoned such a rhyme ? " . It would appear so , for he used it repeatedly him- self . Not to multiply instances , see the 2d 32.
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... say nothing of the four ies and the six os which fall together in the rhymes ; and the accent in all is so unskilfully managed , or rather so evidently and totally for- gotten , that the ear has an additional monotony humming 7 * 41.
... say nothing of the four ies and the six os which fall together in the rhymes ; and the accent in all is so unskilfully managed , or rather so evidently and totally for- gotten , that the ear has an additional monotony humming 7 * 41.
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