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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... writer to express his contempt ; and some of them , even as men , deserve to be handled with lit- tle ceremony for their fopperies or vulgarities . But a line has escaped him respecting one of them , for which he is sorry , both on ...
... writer to express his contempt ; and some of them , even as men , deserve to be handled with lit- tle ceremony for their fopperies or vulgarities . But a line has escaped him respecting one of them , for which he is sorry , both on ...
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... writers as well as those of his own country , that he had ob tained no perception of what is musical beyond that of ... writer , could not FEAST OF THE POETS . 31.
... writers as well as those of his own country , that he had ob tained no perception of what is musical beyond that of ... writer , could not FEAST OF THE POETS . 31.
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Leigh Hunt. Addison to be our greatest dramatic writer , could not fail also , agreeably to the spirit of French verse ... writers , and indeed most often vary , not only in the pause of the verse , but likewise in the accent of the word ...
Leigh Hunt. Addison to be our greatest dramatic writer , could not fail also , agreeably to the spirit of French verse ... writers , and indeed most often vary , not only in the pause of the verse , but likewise in the accent of the word ...
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... poetic harmony from the verses of Dryden , Spenser , and Milton ; not that the style of any great writer is to be imitated at a venture , or to be studied with any direct view to imitation at all ; but because in FEAST OF THE POETS . 37.
... poetic harmony from the verses of Dryden , Spenser , and Milton ; not that the style of any great writer is to be imitated at a venture , or to be studied with any direct view to imitation at all ; but because in FEAST OF THE POETS . 37.
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... writers are to be found the happiest specimens of English versification , and such as with due regard to every man's own mode of thinking and speaking , might lead the poets of the present age to that proper mixture of sweetness and ...
... writers are to be found the happiest specimens of English versification , and such as with due regard to every man's own mode of thinking and speaking , might lead the poets of the present age to that proper mixture of sweetness and ...
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