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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... taste for more serious enjoyment . Should a state of health , not very ac- commodating , continue to allow him in his imprisonment the use of his pen , it is his intention , by the beginning of next year , to bring out a piece of some ...
... taste for more serious enjoyment . Should a state of health , not very ac- commodating , continue to allow him in his imprisonment the use of his pen , it is his intention , by the beginning of next year , to bring out a piece of some ...
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... , They really prefer Scotch reviews to their own ; So that what with their taste , their reformers , and stuff , They have sicken'd myself and my friends long enough . " " Yourself and your friends ! ' cried the God THE POETS .
... , They really prefer Scotch reviews to their own ; So that what with their taste , their reformers , and stuff , They have sicken'd myself and my friends long enough . " " Yourself and your friends ! ' cried the God THE POETS .
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... taste and his tone , He obey'd the next call , and gave one of his own , - At which you'd have thought , ( twas so witching a warble ) The guests had all turn'd into listening marble ; The wreaths on their temples , grew brighter of ...
... taste and his tone , He obey'd the next call , and gave one of his own , - At which you'd have thought , ( twas so witching a warble ) The guests had all turn'd into listening marble ; The wreaths on their temples , grew brighter of ...
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... taste was otherwise different , was per- haps the first , who by carrying it to its extreme pitch of sameness , and ringing it affectedly in one's ears , gave the public at large a suspicion that there was something wrong in it's nature ...
... taste was otherwise different , was per- haps the first , who by carrying it to its extreme pitch of sameness , and ringing it affectedly in one's ears , gave the public at large a suspicion that there was something wrong in it's nature ...
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... taste , which could be content to do without variety in music or painting , would be thought very unfur- nished for criticism upon it , either on the score of principle or perception . The truth is , that perception has had nothing to ...
... taste , which could be content to do without variety in music or painting , would be thought very unfur- nished for criticism upon it , either on the score of principle or perception . The truth is , that perception has had nothing to ...
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