Encyclopaedia of English and American Poetry: From Caedmon and King Alfred's Boethius to Browning and Tennyson, Volume 2Ward, 1873 - American poetry |
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... poets has , with singularly bad taste , noted some of this author's most ner- vous and expressive phrases as vulgarisms , among which he reckons that of friendship ' the solder of society . ' Blair may be a homely and even a gloomy poet ...
... poets has , with singularly bad taste , noted some of this author's most ner- vous and expressive phrases as vulgarisms , among which he reckons that of friendship ' the solder of society . ' Blair may be a homely and even a gloomy poet ...
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... Poets . " See Gilfillan's Ed . of " Thomson's Poems " ; Scrymgeour's " Poetry and Poets of Bri . tain " ; Shaw's " Hist . Eng . Lit. ” JOHN DYER . " John Dyer , an agreeable poet , was the son of a solicitor at Aberglasney , in ...
... Poets . " See Gilfillan's Ed . of " Thomson's Poems " ; Scrymgeour's " Poetry and Poets of Bri . tain " ; Shaw's " Hist . Eng . Lit. ” JOHN DYER . " John Dyer , an agreeable poet , was the son of a solicitor at Aberglasney , in ...
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... poet to give local colouring and appro priate costume and scenery , are in no sense more true to nature than in the majority of pictures representing the fabulous Arcadia of the poets , and though these Eclogues exhibit traces of vivid ...
... poet to give local colouring and appro priate costume and scenery , are in no sense more true to nature than in the majority of pictures representing the fabulous Arcadia of the poets , and though these Eclogues exhibit traces of vivid ...
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... poet , and the name is still common in that part of Perth- shire . David attended the college of Aberdeen , and ... Poets , " vol . iii . , pp . 130-132 . MARK AKENSIDE . " Mark Akenside , born 1721 , died 1770 , was the son of a butcher ...
... poet , and the name is still common in that part of Perth- shire . David attended the college of Aberdeen , and ... Poets , " vol . iii . , pp . 130-132 . MARK AKENSIDE . " Mark Akenside , born 1721 , died 1770 , was the son of a butcher ...
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... poet's imagination . So much may suffice respecting his productions of this class , which are distinguished by the correct- ness of their versification , the elegance of their diction , and the delicacy of their sentiments . His ...
... poet's imagination . So much may suffice respecting his productions of this class , which are distinguished by the correct- ness of their versification , the elegance of their diction , and the delicacy of their sentiments . His ...
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