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... whole beauty from a natural ease of thought , and smoothness of verse ; whereas that of most other kinds con- sists in the strength and fulness of both . In a letter of his to Mr. Walsh about this time , we find an enumeration of ...
... whole beauty from a natural ease of thought , and smoothness of verse ; whereas that of most other kinds con- sists in the strength and fulness of both . In a letter of his to Mr. Walsh about this time , we find an enumeration of ...
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... Whole nations enter with each swelling tide , And seas but join the regions they divide ; Earth's distant ends our glory shall behold , And the new world launch forth to seek the old . Then ships of uncouth form shall stem the tide ...
... Whole nations enter with each swelling tide , And seas but join the regions they divide ; Earth's distant ends our glory shall behold , And the new world launch forth to seek the old . Then ships of uncouth form shall stem the tide ...
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... whole , ver . 233 to 288. Critics in wit , language , versification , only , 288 , 305 , 339 , & c . 4. Being too hard to 5. Par- please , or too apt to admire , ver . 384 . tiality - too much love to a sect , -to the ancients or ...
... whole , ver . 233 to 288. Critics in wit , language , versification , only , 288 , 305 , 339 , & c . 4. Being too hard to 5. Par- please , or too apt to admire , ver . 384 . tiality - too much love to a sect , -to the ancients or ...
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... whole , nor seek slight faults to find Where nature moves , and rapture warms the mind ; Nor lose , for that malignant dull delight , The generous pleasure to be charm'd with wit . But , in such lays as neither ebb nor flow , Correctly ...
... whole , nor seek slight faults to find Where nature moves , and rapture warms the mind ; Nor lose , for that malignant dull delight , The generous pleasure to be charm'd with wit . But , in such lays as neither ebb nor flow , Correctly ...
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... whole depend upon a part : They talk of principles , but notions prize , And all to one lov'd folly sacrifice . Once on a time , La Mancha's knight , they say , A certain bard encountering on the way , Discours'd in terms as just , with ...
... whole depend upon a part : They talk of principles , but notions prize , And all to one lov'd folly sacrifice . Once on a time , La Mancha's knight , they say , A certain bard encountering on the way , Discours'd in terms as just , with ...
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