The feast of the poets, with notes, and other pieces in verse, by the editor of The Examiner. The dedication signed: Leigh HuntLondon, 1815 |
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... extreme ; while others , who saw the folly of both , were content to keep the beaten track and set a proper example to neither . By these appeals , how- ever , the public ear has been excited to expect FEAST OF THE POETS . 27.
... extreme ; while others , who saw the folly of both , were content to keep the beaten track and set a proper example to neither . By these appeals , how- ever , the public ear has been excited to expect FEAST OF THE POETS . 27.
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... proper and smaller sense of his merits as a poet , were never- theless equally agreed , that as a versifier his pre- eminence was not to be touched * . It was the * See the Essay of Joseph Warton on his Genius and Writings . The Doctor ...
... proper and smaller sense of his merits as a poet , were never- theless equally agreed , that as a versifier his pre- eminence was not to be touched * . It was the * See the Essay of Joseph Warton on his Genius and Writings . The Doctor ...
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... proper mixture of sweetness and strength , -of modern finish and ancient variety , — from which Pope and his rhyming facilities have so long withheld us . 4 Not though I collected one pattern victorious Of all that was good , and ...
... proper mixture of sweetness and strength , -of modern finish and ancient variety , — from which Pope and his rhyming facilities have so long withheld us . 4 Not though I collected one pattern victorious Of all that was good , and ...
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... proper management ; no subject , it is evident , could be more justly provocative of elegant reflection and illus- tration ; and a compact , lively volume , written by one who was learned enough to enter into the language of his hero ...
... proper management ; no subject , it is evident , could be more justly provocative of elegant reflection and illus- tration ; and a compact , lively volume , written by one who was learned enough to enter into the language of his hero ...
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... proper satirist , as intolerable to himself . Our author however does not appear to have car- ried this enthusiastic impatience of his against all the circles of life , with which his talents have suc- cessively made him acquainted ...
... proper satirist , as intolerable to himself . Our author however does not appear to have car- ried this enthusiastic impatience of his against all the circles of life , with which his talents have suc- cessively made him acquainted ...
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