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Satisfied that the thoughts , such as they were , could not have been expressed otherwise , or at least more perspicuously , I forgot to enquire , whether the thoughts themselves * The authority of Milton and Shakspeare may be usefully ...
Satisfied that the thoughts , such as they were , could not have been expressed otherwise , or at least more perspicuously , I forgot to enquire , whether the thoughts themselves * The authority of Milton and Shakspeare may be usefully ...
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In the after editions , I pruned the double epithets with no sparing hand , and used my best efforts to tame the swell and glitter both of thought and diction ; though in truth , these parasite plants of youthful poetry had insinuated ...
In the after editions , I pruned the double epithets with no sparing hand , and used my best efforts to tame the swell and glitter both of thought and diction ; though in truth , these parasite plants of youthful poetry had insinuated ...
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... but with even those of the Augustan era : and on grounds of plain sense and universal logic to see and assert the superiority of the former , in the truth and nativeness , both of their thoughts and diction .
... but with even those of the Augustan era : and on grounds of plain sense and universal logic to see and assert the superiority of the former , in the truth and nativeness , both of their thoughts and diction .
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A valuable thought , or a particular train of thoughts , gives me additional pleasure , when I can safely refer and attribute it to the conversation or correspondence of another . My obligations to Mr. Bowles were indeed important ...
A valuable thought , or a particular train of thoughts , gives me additional pleasure , when I can safely refer and attribute it to the conversation or correspondence of another . My obligations to Mr. Bowles were indeed important ...
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Meantime the matter and diction seemed to me ' characterized not so much by poetic thoughts , as by thoughts translated into the language of poetry . On this last point , I had occasion to render my own ...
Meantime the matter and diction seemed to me ' characterized not so much by poetic thoughts , as by thoughts translated into the language of poetry . On this last point , I had occasion to render my own ...
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