Lectures on the English PoetsJ. Templeman, 1841 - 407 páginas |
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... critic , a man of sense , of observation , and the world , with a keen relish for the elegances of art , or of nature when embellished by art , a quick tact for propriety of thought and manners as esta- blished by the forms and customs ...
... critic , a man of sense , of observation , and the world , with a keen relish for the elegances of art , or of nature when embellished by art , a quick tact for propriety of thought and manners as esta- blished by the forms and customs ...
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... critics in their own defence . " - 1 . 28 , 29 . " Pride , where wit fails , steps in to our defence , And fills up all the mighty void of sense . " - 7 . 209 , 10 . " Some by old words to fame have made pretence , Ancients in phrase ...
... critics in their own defence . " - 1 . 28 , 29 . " Pride , where wit fails , steps in to our defence , And fills up all the mighty void of sense . " - 7 . 209 , 10 . " Some by old words to fame have made pretence , Ancients in phrase ...
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... critics who are bigotted idolisers of our author , chiefly on the score of his correct- These persons seem to be of opinion that " there is but one perfect writer , even Pope . " This is , however , a mistake his excellence is by no ...
... critics who are bigotted idolisers of our author , chiefly on the score of his correct- These persons seem to be of opinion that " there is but one perfect writer , even Pope . " This is , however , a mistake his excellence is by no ...
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... critics , how- ever , not as moralists , we might say , on the other hand " Would he had blotted a thou- sand ! " The same suavity of temper and sanguine warmth of feeling which threw such a natural grace LECTURE V ON THOMSON AND COWPER.
... critics , how- ever , not as moralists , we might say , on the other hand " Would he had blotted a thou- sand ! " The same suavity of temper and sanguine warmth of feeling which threw such a natural grace LECTURE V ON THOMSON AND COWPER.
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... critics regularly damned , at its first coming out , every work which has since acquired a standard reputation with the public . Cowper's verses on his mother's picture , and his lines to Mary , are some ON THOMSON AND COWPER . 181.
... critics regularly damned , at its first coming out , every work which has since acquired a standard reputation with the public . Cowper's verses on his mother's picture , and his lines to Mary , are some ON THOMSON AND COWPER . 181.
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