Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenOctagon Books, 1967 - 568 páginas |
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... verse easier than rhyme , was desirous of persuading himself that it is better " . Rhyme , ' he says , and says truly , ' is no necessary adjunct of true poetry " . But perhaps of poetry as a mental operation metre or musick is no ...
... verse easier than rhyme , was desirous of persuading himself that it is better " . Rhyme , ' he says , and says truly , ' is no necessary adjunct of true poetry " . But perhaps of poetry as a mental operation metre or musick is no ...
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... verse , ' said an ingenious critick ' , ' seems to be verse only to the eye3 . ' Poetry may subsist without rhyme , but English poetry will 275 not often please ; nor can rhyme ever be safely spared but where the subject is able to ...
... verse , ' said an ingenious critick ' , ' seems to be verse only to the eye3 . ' Poetry may subsist without rhyme , but English poetry will 275 not often please ; nor can rhyme ever be safely spared but where the subject is able to ...
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... verse many words beginning with the same letter 3. But this knack , whatever be its value , was so frequent among ... verse off more easily , was first introduced by him , as in this verse : - " Oh ! how I long my careless limbs to lay ...
... verse many words beginning with the same letter 3. But this knack , whatever be its value , was so frequent among ... verse off more easily , was first introduced by him , as in this verse : - " Oh ! how I long my careless limbs to lay ...
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