The feast of the poets, with notes, and other pieces in verse, by the editor of The Examiner. The dedication signed: Leigh HuntLondon, 1815 |
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... given , And keep the spot pure for the visits of heaven.'13 He spoke with a warmth , but his accent was bland , And the poet bow'd down with a blush to his hand , When all on a sudden , there rose on the stairs A noise as of persons ...
... given , And keep the spot pure for the visits of heaven.'13 He spoke with a warmth , but his accent was bland , And the poet bow'd down with a blush to his hand , When all on a sudden , there rose on the stairs A noise as of persons ...
Page 47
... given him . Yet even in his versification , he has contrived , by the colloquial turn of his language and his primitive mention of persons by their christian as well as surname , to have an air of his own ; and indeed there is not a ...
... given him . Yet even in his versification , he has contrived , by the colloquial turn of his language and his primitive mention of persons by their christian as well as surname , to have an air of his own ; and indeed there is not a ...
Page 55
... of Hoole , who would assuredly have never been tolerated , håd not the last age of poetry , in which he lived , been given up to the lees of the French taste . The love of Italian literature which began FEAST OF THE POETS . 55.
... of Hoole , who would assuredly have never been tolerated , håd not the last age of poetry , in which he lived , been given up to the lees of the French taste . The love of Italian literature which began FEAST OF THE POETS . 55.
Page 65
... given us of it , be pretty generally acknow- ledged . It is little more than a leap back into the dress and the diction of rude but gorgeous times , when show concealed a great want of substance , and a little thinking was conveyed in a ...
... given us of it , be pretty generally acknow- ledged . It is little more than a leap back into the dress and the diction of rude but gorgeous times , when show concealed a great want of substance , and a little thinking was conveyed in a ...
Page 72
... given , And keep the spot pure for the visits of Heaven . It is natural in congratulating a person on his es- cape from some extraordinary defect , to forget the mention of smaller ones ; otherwise , Apollo might have raillied Mr. Moore ...
... given , And keep the spot pure for the visits of Heaven . It is natural in congratulating a person on his es- cape from some extraordinary defect , to forget the mention of smaller ones ; otherwise , Apollo might have raillied Mr. Moore ...
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