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... matter , when it has any , and informing verse with prose virtues , it merely applies the magniloquence of Milton or the neatness of Pope to matter which is wholly unprepared for it ; so that what the writers have to say always appears ...
... matter , when it has any , and informing verse with prose virtues , it merely applies the magniloquence of Milton or the neatness of Pope to matter which is wholly unprepared for it ; so that what the writers have to say always appears ...
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... matter , be said to have the virtues of good prose ? The first thing to be said to any one who finds Ash Wednesday difficult of approach is that , though the poem contains what appear to be statements , it must not be read as if it ...
... matter , be said to have the virtues of good prose ? The first thing to be said to any one who finds Ash Wednesday difficult of approach is that , though the poem contains what appear to be statements , it must not be read as if it ...
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... matter . It represents , one might say , ' reason's self , ' a ' reason ' the authority of which Crabbe's matter recognizes as naturally as Sybil recognizes it in the passage quoted . And the last line illustrates the kind of point to ...
... matter . It represents , one might say , ' reason's self , ' a ' reason ' the authority of which Crabbe's matter recognizes as naturally as Sybil recognizes it in the passage quoted . And the last line illustrates the kind of point to ...
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THE LINE OF | 10 |
Note Popes Satiric Modes | 92 |
THE AUGUSTAN TRADITION | 101 |
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