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... poets , that a dispassionate review of them may appear insipid they are however considered in the following work , more particularly with regard to their influence upon the lan- guage , and what they have really added to our poetry ...
... poets , that a dispassionate review of them may appear insipid they are however considered in the following work , more particularly with regard to their influence upon the lan- guage , and what they have really added to our poetry ...
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... Poets and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century ,. Poetry of the Nineteenth Century ,. . . . .373 .389 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE POETS . BORN . DIED . CONTENTS .
... Poets and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century ,. Poetry of the Nineteenth Century ,. . . . .373 .389 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE POETS . BORN . DIED . CONTENTS .
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... THOMAS CAMPBELL , 1777 1844 SAXON WRITERS . ST . ALDHELM , BEDE , THE VENERABLE , FLACCUS ALBINUS ALCUIN , ALFRED , THE GREAT , 709 672 735 734 804 849 900-1 PROEM . LANGUAGE is of slow growth , and taste LIST OF POETS . 11.
... THOMAS CAMPBELL , 1777 1844 SAXON WRITERS . ST . ALDHELM , BEDE , THE VENERABLE , FLACCUS ALBINUS ALCUIN , ALFRED , THE GREAT , 709 672 735 734 804 849 900-1 PROEM . LANGUAGE is of slow growth , and taste LIST OF POETS . 11.
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... poet weaves the offsprings of his fancy and imagination into metrical forms , and melodious numbers , thus harmonizing the rough ac- cents of his native tongue , and raising it from its cha- otic state until he reduces its rude ...
... poet weaves the offsprings of his fancy and imagination into metrical forms , and melodious numbers , thus harmonizing the rough ac- cents of his native tongue , and raising it from its cha- otic state until he reduces its rude ...
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... poetic genius still emulates her in the production of beauty . As art and science advance to perfection , genius abandons its own instincts , and is guided by caprice . Taste is formed , as well as cultivated , from the examination of ...
... poetic genius still emulates her in the production of beauty . As art and science advance to perfection , genius abandons its own instincts , and is guided by caprice . Taste is formed , as well as cultivated , from the examination of ...
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