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... imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and hereditary fimilies , by readiness of rhyme , and volubility of fyllables . In In perufing the works of this race of au- thors 32 COWLEY .
... imitations borrowed from imitations , by traditional imagery , and hereditary fimilies , by readiness of rhyme , and volubility of fyllables . In In perufing the works of this race of au- thors 32 COWLEY .
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Samuel Johnson. a century ; but at last died gradually away , and other imitations fupply its place . The Pindarick Odes have fo long enjoyed the highest degree of poetical reputation , that I am not willing to difmifs them with una ...
Samuel Johnson. a century ; but at last died gradually away , and other imitations fupply its place . The Pindarick Odes have fo long enjoyed the highest degree of poetical reputation , that I am not willing to difmifs them with una ...
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... , fo that it is fuperfluous to collect them . " 66 66 I know not whether he has , in many of thefe inftances , attained the representation or refem- resemblance that he purposes . Verfe can imitate only found 100 COWL E Y.
... , fo that it is fuperfluous to collect them . " 66 66 I know not whether he has , in many of thefe inftances , attained the representation or refem- resemblance that he purposes . Verfe can imitate only found 100 COWL E Y.
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Samuel Johnson. resemblance that he purposes . Verfe can imitate only found and motion . A boundless verfe , a beadlong verse , and a verse of brass or of ftrong brass , feem to comprise very in- congruous and unfociable ideas . What ...
Samuel Johnson. resemblance that he purposes . Verfe can imitate only found and motion . A boundless verfe , a beadlong verse , and a verse of brass or of ftrong brass , feem to comprise very in- congruous and unfociable ideas . What ...
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... imitation of Davenant fhews him to have been well qualified . Of his more elevated occasional poems there is perhaps none that does not deserve com- mendation . In the verfes to Fletcher , we have an image that has fince been adopted ...
... imitation of Davenant fhews him to have been well qualified . Of his more elevated occasional poems there is perhaps none that does not deserve com- mendation . In the verfes to Fletcher , we have an image that has fince been adopted ...
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The Lives of the English Poets: and a Criticism of Their Work Samuel Johnson Visualização completa - 1795 |
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