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... poets of his own time . Considering his un- ceasing debauchery , however , it is hardly surprising that Rochester's ... poem is simple and definite— to render the party represented by the lay figure of Hudibras vile and ridiculous . The ...
... poets of his own time . Considering his un- ceasing debauchery , however , it is hardly surprising that Rochester's ... poem is simple and definite— to render the party represented by the lay figure of Hudibras vile and ridiculous . The ...
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... poem . The felicity and finality of his descriptions , which form his chief claim to our notice , are the outcome of unwearied observation and learned per- sistency . But the poem has the defects of the qualities of such a method ...
... poem . The felicity and finality of his descriptions , which form his chief claim to our notice , are the outcome of unwearied observation and learned per- sistency . But the poem has the defects of the qualities of such a method ...
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... poem , or a play ; How hints , like spawn , scarce quick in embryo lie , How new - born nonsense first is taught to cry ; Maggots half - form'd in rhyme exactly meet , And learn to crawl upon poetic feet . Here one poor word an hundred ...
... poem , or a play ; How hints , like spawn , scarce quick in embryo lie , How new - born nonsense first is taught to cry ; Maggots half - form'd in rhyme exactly meet , And learn to crawl upon poetic feet . Here one poor word an hundred ...
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