Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 113 pages |
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... blank verse seems to my ear the echo of Thomson . His Life of Bacon is known as it is appended to Bacon's volumes , but is no longer mentioned . His works are fuch as a writer , bustling in the world , fhewing himself in publick , and ...
... blank verse seems to my ear the echo of Thomson . His Life of Bacon is known as it is appended to Bacon's volumes , but is no longer mentioned . His works are fuch as a writer , bustling in the world , fhewing himself in publick , and ...
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... blank verse affords from the neceffity of clofing the fenfe with the couplet , betrays luxu riant and active minds into fuch indul- gence , that they pile image upon image , ornament upon ornament , and are not eafily perfuaded to close ...
... blank verse affords from the neceffity of clofing the fenfe with the couplet , betrays luxu riant and active minds into fuch indul- gence , that they pile image upon image , ornament upon ornament , and are not eafily perfuaded to close ...
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