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Page 33
... poet from this little production than from all the rest of his works put together . There is more of invention in it - more of unassisted fancy and abstract en- · joyment ; and in copying the simplicity together with 33.
... poet from this little production than from all the rest of his works put together . There is more of invention in it - more of unassisted fancy and abstract en- · joyment ; and in copying the simplicity together with 33.
Page 34
... simplicity together with the quaintnesses of a great poet , he became more natural , and really touched his subject with a more original freshness , than when he had his style to himself . ( 3 ) But ever since Pope spoil'd the ears of ...
... simplicity together with the quaintnesses of a great poet , he became more natural , and really touched his subject with a more original freshness , than when he had his style to himself . ( 3 ) But ever since Pope spoil'd the ears of ...
Page 52
... and in the same place is a translation of the three first Cantos of Dante , which , if far beneath the majes- tic simplicity of the original , is at least , for spirit as well as closeness , much above the mouthing nonentities 52.
... and in the same place is a translation of the three first Cantos of Dante , which , if far beneath the majes- tic simplicity of the original , is at least , for spirit as well as closeness , much above the mouthing nonentities 52.
Page 68
... simplicity , but the simplicity of the speaker himself ; we want an unaffected , cotemporaneous language , such as our ears and our hearts shall equally recognise , and such as our own feelings would utter , were they as eloquent as the ...
... simplicity , but the simplicity of the speaker himself ; we want an unaffected , cotemporaneous language , such as our ears and our hearts shall equally recognise , and such as our own feelings would utter , were they as eloquent as the ...
Page 73
... simplicity about the military character of the field marshal , worthy of the great cause to which his sword made an open- ing . The original line , therefore , such as it is , stands against myself , and not against the noble brothers ...
... simplicity about the military character of the field marshal , worthy of the great cause to which his sword made an open- ing . The original line , therefore , such as it is , stands against myself , and not against the noble brothers ...
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