Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 1-2Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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Page viii
... Poetry continued to be his passion , but his venerable friend still testifies to his promising habit of throwing his verses away as soon as he had read them to her . " We have poetry , " she writes , " for breakfast , dinner , and ...
... Poetry continued to be his passion , but his venerable friend still testifies to his promising habit of throwing his verses away as soon as he had read them to her . " We have poetry , " she writes , " for breakfast , dinner , and ...
Page ix
... poetry in his walks with his companions . " " " In October , 1818 , the precocious youth entered Trinity College ... poet , we find him comparing prize poems to prize sheep . The object , " he says , " of the competitor for the ...
... poetry in his walks with his companions . " " " In October , 1818 , the precocious youth entered Trinity College ... poet , we find him comparing prize poems to prize sheep . The object , " he says , " of the competitor for the ...
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... poetry . In compassion to the ignorance of his mistress , a cavalier might now and then pro- claim his passion in Tuscan or Provençal rhymes . The vulgar might occasionally be edified by a pious allegory in the popular jargon . But no ...
... poetry . In compassion to the ignorance of his mistress , a cavalier might now and then pro- claim his passion in Tuscan or Provençal rhymes . The vulgar might occasionally be edified by a pious allegory in the popular jargon . But no ...
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... poetry than by its resuscita . tion . After the lapse of four hundred and fifty years , there appeared a man capable of appreciating and imi- tating the father of Tuscan literature - Vittorio Alfieri . Like the prince in the nursery ...
... poetry than by its resuscita . tion . After the lapse of four hundred and fifty years , there appeared a man capable of appreciating and imi- tating the father of Tuscan literature - Vittorio Alfieri . Like the prince in the nursery ...
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... poet , Italy was experienc- ing the consequences of the memorable struggle which he had maintained against the ... Poets often avo'd political transactions ; they often affect to despise them . But , whether they perceive it or not ...
... poet , Italy was experienc- ing the consequences of the memorable struggle which he had maintained against the ... Poets often avo'd political transactions ; they often affect to despise them . But , whether they perceive it or not ...
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