Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 113 pages |
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... wish it well enough to wish it were in rhyme . The School - mistress , of which I know not what claim it has to ftand among the Moral Works , is furely the most pleafing of Shenftone's performances . The adoption of a particular ftile ...
... wish it well enough to wish it were in rhyme . The School - mistress , of which I know not what claim it has to ftand among the Moral Works , is furely the most pleafing of Shenftone's performances . The adoption of a particular ftile ...
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... wish that he had profecuted his defign ; for though there is at prefent fome embarraffinent in his phrafe , and fome harshness in his Lyrick numbers , his copiousness of language is fuch as very few poffefs ; and his lines , even when ...
... wish that he had profecuted his defign ; for though there is at prefent fome embarraffinent in his phrafe , and fome harshness in his Lyrick numbers , his copiousness of language is fuch as very few poffefs ; and his lines , even when ...
Page 20
... not write but at certain times , or at happy mo- ments ; a fantastick foppery , to which my kindness for a man of learning and of virtue wishes him to have been fupe- rior . GRAY'S GRAY'S Poetry is now to be con- fidered ; and 20 GRA Y.
... not write but at certain times , or at happy mo- ments ; a fantastick foppery , to which my kindness for a man of learning and of virtue wishes him to have been fupe- rior . GRAY'S GRAY'S Poetry is now to be con- fidered ; and 20 GRA Y.
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... wish to please her ! The reader is already apprifed who thefe Ladies were ; the two descriptions are prettily contrasted ; and nothing can be more happily turned than the compliment to Lady Cob ham in the eighth ftanza , M. With bonnet ...
... wish to please her ! The reader is already apprifed who thefe Ladies were ; the two descriptions are prettily contrasted ; and nothing can be more happily turned than the compliment to Lady Cob ham in the eighth ftanza , M. With bonnet ...
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