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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... sincere . He has many warm feel- ings upon every subject of public concern , poetical as well as political ; but none , he trusts , of an ill - tempered , still less of a $ personal nature * , and least of all , if X PREFACE .
... sincere . He has many warm feel- ings upon every subject of public concern , poetical as well as political ; but none , he trusts , of an ill - tempered , still less of a $ personal nature * , and least of all , if X PREFACE .
Page xiv
... less agreeable studies , and in which he would attempt to reduce to practice his own ideas of what is natural in style , and of the various and legitimate harmony of the English heroic , CONTENTS . FEAST OF THE POETS NOTES TO THE FEAST ...
... less agreeable studies , and in which he would attempt to reduce to practice his own ideas of what is natural in style , and of the various and legitimate harmony of the English heroic , CONTENTS . FEAST OF THE POETS NOTES TO THE FEAST ...
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... less , -have a little temerity , - -Try if you can't also manage posterity . -All you add now only lessens your credit ; And how could you think too of taking to edite ? A great deal's endur'd , where there's measure and rhyme ; ' But ...
... less , -have a little temerity , - -Try if you can't also manage posterity . -All you add now only lessens your credit ; And how could you think too of taking to edite ? A great deal's endur'd , where there's measure and rhyme ; ' But ...
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... less courtly . ' So , changing the subject , he call'd upon Moore , Who sung such a song , that they shouted Encore ! ' And the God was so pleas'd with his taste and his tone , He obey'd the next call , and gave one of his own , - At ...
... less courtly . ' So , changing the subject , he call'd upon Moore , Who sung such a song , that they shouted Encore ! ' And the God was so pleas'd with his taste and his tone , He obey'd the next call , and gave one of his own , - At ...
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... less and less , in proportion as the lovers of poetry become intimate with his great predecessors , and with the principles of musical beauty in general . Johnson , it is true , objects to those who judge of Pope's versification " by ...
... less and less , in proportion as the lovers of poetry become intimate with his great predecessors , and with the principles of musical beauty in general . Johnson , it is true , objects to those who judge of Pope's versification " by ...
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