LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... poetry . But the basis of all excellence is truth : he that professes love ought to feel its power . Petrarch was a real lover , and Laura doubtless de- served his tenderness . Of Cowley , we are told by Barnest , who had means enough ...
... poetry . But the basis of all excellence is truth : he that professes love ought to feel its power . Petrarch was a real lover , and Laura doubtless de- served his tenderness . Of Cowley , we are told by Barnest , who had means enough ...
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... Poetry , t He composed in Latin several books on Plants , of which the , first and second display the qualities of Herbs , in elegiac verse ; the third and fourth ,, the beauties of Flowers in various measures ; and in the fifth and ...
... Poetry , t He composed in Latin several books on Plants , of which the , first and second display the qualities of Herbs , in elegiac verse ; the third and fourth ,, the beauties of Flowers in various measures ; and in the fifth and ...
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... poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect , that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father ...
... poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect , that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father ...
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... poetry ; all the boys and girls caught the pleasing fashion , and they that could do nothing else could write like Pindar . The rights of antiquity were invaded , and disorder tried to break into the Latin : a poem * on the Sheldonian ...
... poetry ; all the boys and girls caught the pleasing fashion , and they that could do nothing else could write like Pindar . The rights of antiquity were invaded , and disorder tried to break into the Latin : a poem * on the Sheldonian ...
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... poetry , may be applied to these compositions . No author ever kept his verse and his prose at a greater distance from each other . His thoughts are natural , and his style has a smooth and placid equability , which has never yet ...
... poetry , may be applied to these compositions . No author ever kept his verse and his prose at a greater distance from each other . His thoughts are natural , and his style has a smooth and placid equability , which has never yet ...
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