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But of the objects , which I proposed to myself , it was not the least important to effect , as far as possible , a settlement of the long continued controversy concerning the true nature of poetic diction : and at the same time to ...
But of the objects , which I proposed to myself , it was not the least important to effect , as far as possible , a settlement of the long continued controversy concerning the true nature of poetic diction : and at the same time to ...
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The same remark holds almost equally true , of the Love's Labour Lost , Romeo and Juliet , Venus and Adonis , and Lucrece compared with the Lear , Macbeth , Othello , and Hamlet of our great Dramatist . The rule for the admission of ...
The same remark holds almost equally true , of the Love's Labour Lost , Romeo and Juliet , Venus and Adonis , and Lucrece compared with the Lear , Macbeth , Othello , and Hamlet of our great Dramatist . The rule for the admission of ...
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It is true , as I have before mentioned , that from diffidence in my own powers , I for a short time adopted a laborious and florid diction , which I myself deemed , if not absolutely vicious , yet of very inferior worth .
It is true , as I have before mentioned , that from diffidence in my own powers , I for a short time adopted a laborious and florid diction , which I myself deemed , if not absolutely vicious , yet of very inferior worth .
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SONNET II . Oh I do love thee , meek SIMPLICITY ! For of thy lays the lulling simpleness Goes to my heart , and soothes each small distress , Distress tho'small , yet haply great to me , ' Tis true ...
SONNET II . Oh I do love thee , meek SIMPLICITY ! For of thy lays the lulling simpleness Goes to my heart , and soothes each small distress , Distress tho'small , yet haply great to me , ' Tis true ...
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The absence of all foundation within their own minds for that , which they yet believe both true and indispensible for their safety and happiness , cannot but produce an uneasy state of feeling , an involuntary sense of fear from which ...
The absence of all foundation within their own minds for that , which they yet believe both true and indispensible for their safety and happiness , cannot but produce an uneasy state of feeling , an involuntary sense of fear from which ...
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