Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 |
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... poet , it would be unjust to deny that he was an excellent versifyer ; his lines are smooth and sonorous , and his diction is select and elegant . His rhymes are sometimes unsuitable : in his Melancholy he makes breath rhyme to birth in ...
... poet , it would be unjust to deny that he was an excellent versifyer ; his lines are smooth and sonorous , and his diction is select and elegant . His rhymes are sometimes unsuitable : in his Melancholy he makes breath rhyme to birth in ...
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... poet , with which his father accidentally concurred , by proposing subjects , and obliging him to correct his performances by many revisals ; after which the old gentleman , when he was satisfied , would say , ' these are good rhymes 3 ...
... poet , with which his father accidentally concurred , by proposing subjects , and obliging him to correct his performances by many revisals ; after which the old gentleman , when he was satisfied , would say , ' these are good rhymes 3 ...
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... poet . " Rag Smith after being in Mr. Pope's company when about fourteen . " Spence's Anec . p . 25. See also ib . p . 193. For ' Rag Smith ' see ante , SMITH , 43 . * Like Addison in this . Boswell's Johnson , v . 310 . 3 Warburton ...
... poet . " Rag Smith after being in Mr. Pope's company when about fourteen . " Spence's Anec . p . 25. See also ib . p . 193. For ' Rag Smith ' see ante , SMITH , 43 . * Like Addison in this . Boswell's Johnson , v . 310 . 3 Warburton ...
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... poet to which the term learning could be properly ap- plied . ' Pope's Works ( Elwin and Courthope ) , i . 241. See also ib . v . 27 ; Ante , COWLEY , 6 ; MILTON , 8 , 152 . 3 ' Mr. Wycherley , when we read Esther together , was of my ...
... poet to which the term learning could be properly ap- plied . ' Pope's Works ( Elwin and Courthope ) , i . 241. See also ib . v . 27 ; Ante , COWLEY , 6 ; MILTON , 8 , 152 . 3 ' Mr. Wycherley , when we read Esther together , was of my ...
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... poets ( Walsh said ) we never had any one great poet that was correct . ' POPE , Spence's Anec.p.280 . By ' cor- rectness ' Walsh meant ( writes Mr. Courthope ) not only accuracy of expression , but also propriety of design , and ...
... poets ( Walsh said ) we never had any one great poet that was correct . ' POPE , Spence's Anec.p.280 . By ' cor- rectness ' Walsh meant ( writes Mr. Courthope ) not only accuracy of expression , but also propriety of design , and ...
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