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Page 25
... called forth an even stronger repudiation of the rules : " This is charming ; the thought and the expression . I will not be so hypercritical as to add , but it is lyrical , and therefore belongs to a different species of poetry . Rules ...
... called forth an even stronger repudiation of the rules : " This is charming ; the thought and the expression . I will not be so hypercritical as to add , but it is lyrical , and therefore belongs to a different species of poetry . Rules ...
Page 70
... called the strophe , from the version or circular motion of the singers in that stanza from the right hand to the left . The second stanza was called the antistrophe , from the contraversion of the chorus ; the singers , in performing ...
... called the strophe , from the version or circular motion of the singers in that stanza from the right hand to the left . The second stanza was called the antistrophe , from the contraversion of the chorus ; the singers , in performing ...
Page 93
... called queen Elizabeth's pocket - pistol . " Johnson dismissed the poem with a line in the biographical section of his " Life of Gray " and did not deign to consider it in the critical part : “ An invitation from Lady Cobham about this ...
... called queen Elizabeth's pocket - pistol . " Johnson dismissed the poem with a line in the biographical section of his " Life of Gray " and did not deign to consider it in the critical part : “ An invitation from Lady Cobham about this ...
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References to this book
L'aube de la modernité 1680-1760 Peter-Eckhard Knabe,Roland Mortier,François Moureau Limited preview - 2002 |
The Poet Without a Name: Gray's Elegy and the Problem of History Henry Weinfield No preview available - 1991 |