The Poetical Decameron, Or, Ten Conversations on English Poets and Poetry: Particularly of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I.A. Constable & Company, 1820 - English poetry |
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... into view the prices which original spe- cimens of the poetry of our ancestors now uni- formly obtain , may be considered tests of the public taste in this respect . Though the author's b plan is different , his design is the same :
... into view the prices which original spe- cimens of the poetry of our ancestors now uni- formly obtain , may be considered tests of the public taste in this respect . Though the author's b plan is different , his design is the same :
Page viii
... original novel , on which Shakespeare founded his " Twelfth Night , ” very recently discovered , and unknown to all his numerous editors : it also adverts to other pro- ductions to which our great dramatic bard was indebted . The ninth ...
... original novel , on which Shakespeare founded his " Twelfth Night , ” very recently discovered , and unknown to all his numerous editors : it also adverts to other pro- ductions to which our great dramatic bard was indebted . The ninth ...
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... original and forcible senses , and were not clipped , filed , and perverted as at the pre- sent moment , when all figurative meaning is lost in common - place application , and all marked di- stinction broken down and confounded . On ...
... original and forcible senses , and were not clipped , filed , and perverted as at the pre- sent moment , when all figurative meaning is lost in common - place application , and all marked di- stinction broken down and confounded . On ...
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... original book there reviewed . In this way he has made up his table of one hundred and ninety - three minor poets . You quite astonish me ( cried Elliot ) when you talk of such a number of minor poets , not including , I suppose , many ...
... original book there reviewed . In this way he has made up his table of one hundred and ninety - three minor poets . You quite astonish me ( cried Elliot ) when you talk of such a number of minor poets , not including , I suppose , many ...
Page xli
... original edition some years ago : he has every reason to believe however that his transcript is accurate . P. 276 , l . 6. Those who wish to see the nature of H. Hutton's " Follies Anatomie , " are referred to Cens . Lit. VIII . 347 ...
... original edition some years ago : he has every reason to believe however that his transcript is accurate . P. 276 , l . 6. Those who wish to see the nature of H. Hutton's " Follies Anatomie , " are referred to Cens . Lit. VIII . 347 ...
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