Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenOctagon Books, 1967 - 568 páginas |
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... numbers , but the same diction , to the gentle Anacreon and the tempestuous Pindar . His versification seems to have had very little of his care ; 185 and if what he thinks be true , that his numbers are un- musical only when they are ...
... numbers , but the same diction , to the gentle Anacreon and the tempestuous Pindar . His versification seems to have had very little of his care ; 185 and if what he thinks be true , that his numbers are un- musical only when they are ...
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... numbers 50 purposely neglected , except in a few places where the thoughts by their native excellence secure themselves from violation , being such as mean language cannot express ' . The mode of versifica- tion has been blamed by ...
... numbers 50 purposely neglected , except in a few places where the thoughts by their native excellence secure themselves from violation , being such as mean language cannot express ' . The mode of versifica- tion has been blamed by ...
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... numbers , and by his own nicety of observation , he had already formed such a system of metrical harmony as he never afterwards much needed or much endeavoured to improve . Denham corrected his numbers by experience , and gained ground ...
... numbers , and by his own nicety of observation , he had already formed such a system of metrical harmony as he never afterwards much needed or much endeavoured to improve . Denham corrected his numbers by experience , and gained ground ...
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