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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Page xix
... true it might be in the time of Martial do we not every day see poems that might be included in small volumes , at the price of a few shillings , sold in immense numbers for about as many guineas ? Besides , it is somewhat strange ...
... true it might be in the time of Martial do we not every day see poems that might be included in small volumes , at the price of a few shillings , sold in immense numbers for about as many guineas ? Besides , it is somewhat strange ...
Page xxi
... true at the time he wrote , how much more likely is it to be true at the time when we are speaking ? But putting poetry out of the question for the moment , is there nothing else to be gained from studying our early English authors ? As ...
... true at the time he wrote , how much more likely is it to be true at the time when we are speaking ? But putting poetry out of the question for the moment , is there nothing else to be gained from studying our early English authors ? As ...
Page xxiii
... true of books as of every thing else ; because so much pains have been bestowed in raking and sifting dust and rubbish for some neglected relic , it is considered by the discoverer much more valuable than its real worth . I admit the ...
... true of books as of every thing else ; because so much pains have been bestowed in raking and sifting dust and rubbish for some neglected relic , it is considered by the discoverer much more valuable than its real worth . I admit the ...
Page xxiv
... true . It is almost a proverb in Germany , especially since the publication of the Lectures of Schlegel has shown off our illustrators to such disadvantage , that as it has pleased heaven to bestow upon England the best dramatic poet ...
... true . It is almost a proverb in Germany , especially since the publication of the Lectures of Schlegel has shown off our illustrators to such disadvantage , that as it has pleased heaven to bestow upon England the best dramatic poet ...
Page xxvii
... true ( remarked Bourne ) , but I by no means think him the worst of the annotators ; as for Malone , he was quite as self- conceited as Steevens , with as little capacity of de- ciding what was or was not really good in poetry . One ...
... true ( remarked Bourne ) , but I by no means think him the worst of the annotators ; as for Malone , he was quite as self- conceited as Steevens , with as little capacity of de- ciding what was or was not really good in poetry . One ...
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