Lectures on the English PoetsT. Miller, 1819 - 331 páginas |
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... verse in the language , except Milton's , that for itself is readable . It is not stately and uniformly swelling like his , but varied and broken by the inequalities of the ground it has to pass over in its uncertain course , " And so ...
... verse in the language , except Milton's , that for itself is readable . It is not stately and uniformly swelling like his , but varied and broken by the inequalities of the ground it has to pass over in its uncertain course , " And so ...
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... verse is the only blank verse in the language ( except Shakspeare's ) that deserves the name of verse . Dr. Johnson , who had mo- delled his ideas of versification on the regular sing - song of Pope , condemns the Paradise Lost as harsh ...
... verse is the only blank verse in the language ( except Shakspeare's ) that deserves the name of verse . Dr. Johnson , who had mo- delled his ideas of versification on the regular sing - song of Pope , condemns the Paradise Lost as harsh ...
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... verse to the meaning of the passage , than in all our other writers , whether of rhyme or blank verse , put to- gether , ( with the exception already mentioned . ) Spenser is the most harmonious of our stanza wri- ters , as Dryden is ...
... verse to the meaning of the passage , than in all our other writers , whether of rhyme or blank verse , put to- gether , ( with the exception already mentioned . ) Spenser is the most harmonious of our stanza wri- ters , as Dryden is ...
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... verse , in this exquisitely modulated pas- sage , floats up and down as if it had itself wings . Milton has himself given us the theory of his versification- " Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes with many a winding bout Of ...
... verse , in this exquisitely modulated pas- sage , floats up and down as if it had itself wings . Milton has himself given us the theory of his versification- " Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes with many a winding bout Of ...
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... verse ( the most obvious distinc- tion of poetry ) as the vehicle to express his ideas , he has generally passed for a poet , and a good one . If , indeed , by a great poet , we mean one who gives the utmost grandeur to our conceptions ...
... verse ( the most obvious distinc- tion of poetry ) as the vehicle to express his ideas , he has generally passed for a poet , and a good one . If , indeed , by a great poet , we mean one who gives the utmost grandeur to our conceptions ...
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