The idler. PoemsPafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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... thoughts are expressed without violence to the language . The dis- criminating character of ease consists principally in the diction ; for all true poetry requires that the sentiments be natural . Language suffers violence by harsh or ...
... thoughts are expressed without violence to the language . The dis- criminating character of ease consists principally in the diction ; for all true poetry requires that the sentiments be natural . Language suffers violence by harsh or ...
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... Thought by all Heaven a burning shame , What does she next , but bids on earth Her Burlington do just the same ? Pallas , you give yourself strange airs ; But sure you'll find it hard to spoil The sense and taste of one that bears The ...
... Thought by all Heaven a burning shame , What does she next , but bids on earth Her Burlington do just the same ? Pallas , you give yourself strange airs ; But sure you'll find it hard to spoil The sense and taste of one that bears The ...
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... thought led him often into harshness of expression . Waller often attempted , but seldom attained it ; for he is too frequently driven into transpositions . The poets , from the time of Dryden , have gradually advanced in embellishment ...
... thought led him often into harshness of expression . Waller often attempted , but seldom attained it ; for he is too frequently driven into transpositions . The poets , from the time of Dryden , have gradually advanced in embellishment ...
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... thoughts are always discovered by exclamations . Vile , odious , horrid , detestable , and , sweet , charming , delightful , astonishing , compose al- most his whole vocabulary , which he utters with various contortions and ...
... thoughts are always discovered by exclamations . Vile , odious , horrid , detestable , and , sweet , charming , delightful , astonishing , compose al- most his whole vocabulary , which he utters with various contortions and ...
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... thought one of the wild extravagancies of enthusiasm , I shall only say , that those who censure it are not conversant in the works of the great masters . It is very difficult to determine the exact degree of enthusiasm that the arts of ...
... thought one of the wild extravagancies of enthusiasm , I shall only say , that those who censure it are not conversant in the works of the great masters . It is very difficult to determine the exact degree of enthusiasm that the arts of ...
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