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Page 373
... poetry . upon a more extensive plan , was undertaken by Mr Bell , bookseller in London , and printed by Martin in Edinburgh , in 109 miniature volumes , containing the entire works of the poets , admitted into Dr Blair's edition , and ...
... poetry . upon a more extensive plan , was undertaken by Mr Bell , bookseller in London , and printed by Martin in Edinburgh , in 109 miniature volumes , containing the entire works of the poets , admitted into Dr Blair's edition , and ...
Page 374
... poets to which this edition was li- mited , induced the present writer to suggest to Mr James Mundell , printer in Edinburgh , an edition of English poetry , which might unite the ancient and modern poets in one comprehensive view , and ...
... poets to which this edition was li- mited , induced the present writer to suggest to Mr James Mundell , printer in Edinburgh , an edition of English poetry , which might unite the ancient and modern poets in one comprehensive view , and ...
Page 562
... poetry , he is much more a poet in his prose works than in his metrical compositions . Passion , to the merit of which he was blind and un- charitable , is so much the soul and essence of poetry , that without it rhyme and metre are ...
... poetry , he is much more a poet in his prose works than in his metrical compositions . Passion , to the merit of which he was blind and un- charitable , is so much the soul and essence of poetry , that without it rhyme and metre are ...
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