Lectures on the English Poets, and the English Comic WritersBell, 1869 - 232 páginas |
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... instance of the minuteness which he introduces into his most serious descriptions in his account of Palamon when left alone in his cell : " Swiche sorrow he maketh that the grete tour Resouned On Chaucer and Spenser . 29.
... instance of the minuteness which he introduces into his most serious descriptions in his account of Palamon when left alone in his cell : " Swiche sorrow he maketh that the grete tour Resouned On Chaucer and Spenser . 29.
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... serious apostrophe to the great heirs of glory , the triumphant bards of antiquity ! The finest burst of severe moral invective in all Pope , is the prophetical conclusion of the epilogue to the Satires : " Virtue may chuse the high or ...
... serious apostrophe to the great heirs of glory , the triumphant bards of antiquity ! The finest burst of severe moral invective in all Pope , is the prophetical conclusion of the epilogue to the Satires : " Virtue may chuse the high or ...
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... serious swelling into bombast . But he is always great , when some great occasion is presented to him . No man can say he ever had a fit subject for his wit , and did not then raise him- self as high above the rest of poets , Quantùm ...
... serious swelling into bombast . But he is always great , when some great occasion is presented to him . No man can say he ever had a fit subject for his wit , and did not then raise him- self as high above the rest of poets , Quantùm ...
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... serious tales in Boccaccio and Chaucer , as that of Isabella , the Falcon , of Constance , the Prioress's Tale , and others , if executed with taste and spirit , could not fail to succeed in the present day . It should appear , in ...
... serious tales in Boccaccio and Chaucer , as that of Isabella , the Falcon , of Constance , the Prioress's Tale , and others , if executed with taste and spirit , could not fail to succeed in the present day . It should appear , in ...
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... serious episode in Gil Blas , is an admirable one , but poorly handled : the ground may be considered as still unoccupied . Cowper , whom I shall speak of in this connection , lived at a considerable distance of time after Thomson , and ...
... serious episode in Gil Blas , is an admirable one , but poorly handled : the ground may be considered as still unoccupied . Cowper , whom I shall speak of in this connection , lived at a considerable distance of time after Thomson , and ...
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