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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... senses have but imperfectly informed us . John- son , by his own confession , had no ear ; and on this subject , as well as graver ones , might be inclined to resent opinions , which interfered with his self- love , or disturbed the ...
... senses have but imperfectly informed us . John- son , by his own confession , had no ear ; and on this subject , as well as graver ones , might be inclined to resent opinions , which interfered with his self- love , or disturbed the ...
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... sense of his merits as a poet , were never- theless equally agreed , that as a versifier his pre- eminence was not to be touched * . It was the * See the Essay of Joseph Warton on his Genius and Writings . The Doctor seems to have had ...
... sense of his merits as a poet , were never- theless equally agreed , that as a versifier his pre- eminence was not to be touched * . It was the * See the Essay of Joseph Warton on his Genius and Writings . The Doctor seems to have had ...
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... sense . The truth is , that Mr. Colman the Younger , as he calls himself , has been prodigiously overrated in his time , partly perhaps from his real superiority to the Dibdins and Rey noldses as a writer of huge farces , and partly ...
... sense . The truth is , that Mr. Colman the Younger , as he calls himself , has been prodigiously overrated in his time , partly perhaps from his real superiority to the Dibdins and Rey noldses as a writer of huge farces , and partly ...
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... sense . His main talent , both in character and de- scription , lies in strong and homely pieces of detail , which he brings before you as clearly and to the life as in a camera obscura , and in which he FEAST OF THE POETS . 147.
... sense . His main talent , both in character and de- scription , lies in strong and homely pieces of detail , which he brings before you as clearly and to the life as in a camera obscura , and in which he FEAST OF THE POETS . 147.
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... sense and taste , who happen not to be scholars , have found Horace a dull fellow and Ariosto a dotard . The best translation , upon the whole , that has been produced in our language , both for closeness to the sense and sympathy with ...
... sense and taste , who happen not to be scholars , have found Horace a dull fellow and Ariosto a dotard . The best translation , upon the whole , that has been produced in our language , both for closeness to the sense and sympathy with ...
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