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... relieve attention by studied discords , and affected to break his lines and vary
his pauses . ” It isdangerous to hazard conclusions with regard to the opinions of
others , upon matters of which our wn senses have but imperfectly informed rope
...
... relieve attention by studied discords , and affected to break his lines and vary
his pauses . ” It isdangerous to hazard conclusions with regard to the opinions of
others , upon matters of which our wn senses have but imperfectly informed rope
...
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... admirers to a proper and smaller sense of his ments as a poet , were
nevertheless equally agreed , nat as a versifier his pre - eminence was not to. *
See particularly the life of Dryden , where he praises tjat excellent versifier for
knowing how ...
... admirers to a proper and smaller sense of his ments as a poet , were
nevertheless equally agreed , nat as a versifier his pre - eminence was not to. *
See particularly the life of Dryden , where he praises tjat excellent versifier for
knowing how ...
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... reprobation from every reader of common sense . Tie truth is , that Mr . Colman
the Younger , as he calls himself , has been prodigiously overrated in his time ,
partly , perhaps , from his real superiority to the Dibdins and Reynoldses as a 46.
... reprobation from every reader of common sense . Tie truth is , that Mr . Colman
the Younger , as he calls himself , has been prodigiously overrated in his time ,
partly , perhaps , from his real superiority to the Dibdins and Reynoldses as a 46.
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... indeed , there is not a greater mannerist in , the whole circle of poetry , either in
a good or bad sense . His main talent , both in character and description , lies in
strong and homely pieces of detail , which he brings before you as clearly and to
...
... indeed , there is not a greater mannerist in , the whole circle of poetry , either in
a good or bad sense . His main talent , both in character and description , lies in
strong and homely pieces of detail , which he brings before you as clearly and to
...
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No wonder that men of good sense and taste , who happen not to be scholars ,
have found Horace a dull fellow and Ariosto a dotard . The best translation , upon
the whole , that has been produced in our language , both for closeness to the ...
No wonder that men of good sense and taste , who happen not to be scholars ,
have found Horace a dull fellow and Ariosto a dotard . The best translation , upon
the whole , that has been produced in our language , both for closeness to the ...
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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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