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... diction and sentiments ; but it was not written in his hand , and had some little impro- prieties . When he was charged with this letter , he laid hold of the inaccuracies , and urged the impro- bability of the accusation ; but never ...
... diction and sentiments ; but it was not written in his hand , and had some little impro- prieties . When he was charged with this letter , he laid hold of the inaccuracies , and urged the impro- bability of the accusation ; but never ...
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... diction is select and elegant . His rhymes are sometimes unsuitable ; in his " Melancholy , " he makes breath rhyme to birth in one place , and to earth in another . Those faults occur but seldom ; and and he had such power of words and ...
... diction is select and elegant . His rhymes are sometimes unsuitable ; in his " Melancholy , " he makes breath rhyme to birth in one place , and to earth in another . Those faults occur but seldom ; and and he had such power of words and ...
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... diction were ready at his hand to colour and em- bellish it . The His attempt was justified by its success . " Rape of the Lock " stands forward , in the classes of literature , as the most exquisite example of ludi - V crous poetry ...
... diction were ready at his hand to colour and em- bellish it . The His attempt was justified by its success . " Rape of the Lock " stands forward , in the classes of literature , as the most exquisite example of ludi - V crous poetry ...
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... diction , and obscurity in books . To this open display of unadulterated nature it must be ascribed , that Homer has fewer passages of doubtful meaning than any other poet either in the learned or in modern languages . I have read of a ...
... diction , and obscurity in books . To this open display of unadulterated nature it must be ascribed , that Homer has fewer passages of doubtful meaning than any other poet either in the learned or in modern languages . I have read of a ...
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... diction is coarse and impure ; and his sentences are unmeasured . He had , in the early part of his life , pleased him- self with the notice of inferior wits , and correspond- ed with the enemies of Pope . A Letter * was pro- * This ...
... diction is coarse and impure ; and his sentences are unmeasured . He had , in the early part of his life , pleased him- self with the notice of inferior wits , and correspond- ed with the enemies of Pope . A Letter * was pro- * This ...
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