A Compendious History of English Literature, and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest: With Numerous Specimens, Volume 2Charles Griffin & Company, 1871 - English language |
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... force in conceiving or delineating charac- ter , little of pathos , and less , perhaps , of wit ; his dramas produce no deep impression in reading , and of course can leave none in the memory . But his mind was poetical : his better ...
... force in conceiving or delineating charac- ter , little of pathos , and less , perhaps , of wit ; his dramas produce no deep impression in reading , and of course can leave none in the memory . But his mind was poetical : his better ...
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... force and even occasionally what may be called a grandeur of imagination in his more solemn poetry which Herrick never either reaches or aspires to.1 CARTWRIGHT . RANDOLPH . CORBET . ALL the poetical clergymen of this time , however ...
... force and even occasionally what may be called a grandeur of imagination in his more solemn poetry which Herrick never either reaches or aspires to.1 CARTWRIGHT . RANDOLPH . CORBET . ALL the poetical clergymen of this time , however ...
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... force . Upon this hill they met . ' Why , he could tell The inch where Richmond stood , where Richard fell . Beside what of his knowledge he could say , He had authentic notice from the play ; Which I might guess by his mustering up the ...
... force . Upon this hill they met . ' Why , he could tell The inch where Richmond stood , where Richard fell . Beside what of his knowledge he could say , He had authentic notice from the play ; Which I might guess by his mustering up the ...
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... force ; and a tone of chivalrous gentleness and honor gives to some of them a pathos beyond the reach of any mere poetic art . He has written nothing else , however , nearly so exqui- site as his well - known lines to Althea from prison ...
... force ; and a tone of chivalrous gentleness and honor gives to some of them a pathos beyond the reach of any mere poetic art . He has written nothing else , however , nearly so exqui- site as his well - known lines to Althea from prison ...
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... force and vehemence . His prevailing fault is a straining after vigor and concentration of expression ; and few of his pieces are free from a good deal of obscurity , harshness , or other disfigurement , occasioned by this habit or ...
... force and vehemence . His prevailing fault is a straining after vigor and concentration of expression ; and few of his pieces are free from a good deal of obscurity , harshness , or other disfigurement , occasioned by this habit or ...
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