Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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Page 138
... imitate ( if one can ) Shakespear's manner , his surprising strokes of true nature , his expressive * The Editor has obviated this objection , not by retrenching , but by putting part of it into the mouth of Aceronia , and by breaking ...
... imitate ( if one can ) Shakespear's manner , his surprising strokes of true nature , his expressive * The Editor has obviated this objection , not by retrenching , but by putting part of it into the mouth of Aceronia , and by breaking ...
Page 143
... imitating Shakespear may doubtless be carried too far ; and is no sort of excuse for sentiments ill - suited , or speeches ill - timed , which I believe is a little the case with me . I guess the most faulty expressions may be these ...
... imitating Shakespear may doubtless be carried too far ; and is no sort of excuse for sentiments ill - suited , or speeches ill - timed , which I believe is a little the case with me . I guess the most faulty expressions may be these ...
Page 144
... imitating the inimitable . Now , if you are of my opinion , una litura may do the business better than a dozen ; and you need not fear unravelling my web . I am a sort of spider ; and have little else to do but spin it over again , or ...
... imitating the inimitable . Now , if you are of my opinion , una litura may do the business better than a dozen ; and you need not fear unravelling my web . I am a sort of spider ; and have little else to do but spin it over again , or ...
Page 145
... imitating Shakespear may doubtless be carried too far ; I say as much and no more . For old words we know are old gold ... imitation too far , and neglect that best of mo- dels Nature , I am afraid it would prove a very flat performance ...
... imitating Shakespear may doubtless be carried too far ; I say as much and no more . For old words we know are old gold ... imitation too far , and neglect that best of mo- dels Nature , I am afraid it would prove a very flat performance ...
Page 171
... imitations of Milton's juvenile poems , which I had written a year or two before , and of which the Monody on Mr ... imitation of " l'Allegro et il Penseroso , " and en- titled , " Il Bellicoso et il Pacifico . " The latter of these ...
... imitations of Milton's juvenile poems , which I had written a year or two before , and of which the Monody on Mr ... imitation of " l'Allegro et il Penseroso , " and en- titled , " Il Bellicoso et il Pacifico . " The latter of these ...
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