The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Količina 3Methuen, 1896 |
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... lines . ' Bettesworth was so little satisfied with this account , that he publicly professed his resolution of a violent and corporal revenge ; but the inhabitants of St. Patrick's district embodied themselves in the Dean's defence ...
... lines . ' Bettesworth was so little satisfied with this account , that he publicly professed his resolution of a violent and corporal revenge ; but the inhabitants of St. Patrick's district embodied themselves in the Dean's defence ...
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... lines are smooth and sonorous , and his diction is select and elegant . His rhymes are sometimes unsuitable ; in his Melancholy he makes breath rhyme to birth in one place , and to earth in another . Those faults occur but seldom ; and ...
... lines are smooth and sonorous , and his diction is select and elegant . His rhymes are sometimes unsuitable ; in his Melancholy he makes breath rhyme to birth in one place , and to earth in another . Those faults occur but seldom ; and ...
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... lines to Fenton , corners . ' Serene , the sting of pain thy thoughts beguile , And make afflictions objects of a smile ; ' brought to my mind some lines on the death of Queen Mary , written by Barnes , of whom I should not have ...
... lines to Fenton , corners . ' Serene , the sting of pain thy thoughts beguile , And make afflictions objects of a smile ; ' brought to my mind some lines on the death of Queen Mary , written by Barnes , of whom I should not have ...
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... lines , " There are whom Heaven has bless'd with store of wit , Yet want as much again to manage it ; For wit and judgment ever are at strife— • It is apparent that wit has two meanings , " and that what is wanted , though called wit ...
... lines , " There are whom Heaven has bless'd with store of wit , Yet want as much again to manage it ; For wit and judgment ever are at strife— • It is apparent that wit has two meanings , " and that what is wanted , though called wit ...
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... line : ' What is this wit-- Where wanted , scorn'd ; and envied where acquired ? ' ' How , ' says the critic , ' can wit be scorn'd where it is not ? Is not this a figure frequently employed in Hibernian land ? The person that wants ...
... line : ' What is this wit-- Where wanted , scorn'd ; and envied where acquired ? ' ' How , ' says the critic , ' can wit be scorn'd where it is not ? Is not this a figure frequently employed in Hibernian land ? The person that wants ...
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