The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... never acquired more ) to at least two men of abilities ; to Cunningham , and to Henry Jones , the author of the tragedy of The Earl of Essex . On the failure of his parent , Cunningham was recalled to Dublin , a stop was put to.
... never acquired more ) to at least two men of abilities ; to Cunningham , and to Henry Jones , the author of the tragedy of The Earl of Essex . On the failure of his parent , Cunningham was recalled to Dublin , a stop was put to.
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... never- theless , sins heavily against good taste . There is in it a large portion of quaintness and affectation ; its comparisons are forced ; and their perpetual and foreseen recurrence is at once tiresome and ludi- crous : they call ...
... never- theless , sins heavily against good taste . There is in it a large portion of quaintness and affectation ; its comparisons are forced ; and their perpetual and foreseen recurrence is at once tiresome and ludi- crous : they call ...
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... never yet come to a determination . ' I should be happy in a correspondence with Mr. Davies , and as he is supplied with French articles , should like to divert myself with a transla- tion . I am fond , you know , of the French . I re ...
... never yet come to a determination . ' I should be happy in a correspondence with Mr. Davies , and as he is supplied with French articles , should like to divert myself with a transla- tion . I am fond , you know , of the French . I re ...
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... Never soaring into the higher regions of poetry , he pursues in the lower a tolerably equable flight . He tries all the minor species of composition , is successful in several of them , and contemptible in none . Even in the humble ...
... Never soaring into the higher regions of poetry , he pursues in the lower a tolerably equable flight . He tries all the minor species of composition , is successful in several of them , and contemptible in none . Even in the humble ...
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Including Translations ... British poets. Had he , however , never written anything more than prologues and acrostics , his name might have remained unknown . It is to his songs and pastorals , and some of his miscellaneous pieces , but ...
Including Translations ... British poets. Had he , however , never written anything more than prologues and acrostics , his name might have remained unknown . It is to his songs and pastorals , and some of his miscellaneous pieces , but ...
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