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" ... unlike prose the more they resemble poetry; they have adopted a language of their own, and call upon mankind for admiration. All those who do not understand them are silent, and those who make out their meaning are willing to praise, to show they... "
The Poetical Works - Page 53
by Thomas Parnell - 1866 - 185 pages
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Poems on Several Occasions

Thomas Parnell - Battle of the frogs and mice - 1770 - 294 pages
...underftand. From thefe follies and affedtations, the poems of Parnell are entirely free ; he has conildered the language of poetry as the language of life, and conveys the •warmeft thoughts in the fimpleft expreffion. Parnell has written feveral poems befides thefe publifhed...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 328 pages
...underftand.. From thefe Folli;:s and Affectations, the Poems of Parnell are entirely free j he has confidered the Language of Poetry as the Language of Life, and conveys the wanneft Thoughts in the fimpleft Expreifion. . Parnell has written feveral Poems bcfides thefe publifhed...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 332 pages
...uoderftand. Fiom thefe Follies and AffecTation* the Poems of Parnell are entirely free 5 he has conw fidered the Language of Poetry as the Language of Life, and conveys the warmeft Thoughts in 'the Cmpleft Expreffion., , . .... ,.,?, .,r. •!•••' *no.-biiboiM Parnell...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 328 pages
...filent, and thofe who make out their Meaning, are willing to praife, to fhew they underftand. From thefe Follies and Affectations,, the Poems of Parnell are entirely free ; he has confidered the Language of Poetry as the Language of Life, and conveys the warmeft Thoughts in the...
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Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell

Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...them are silent, and those who make out their meaning are willing to praise, to show they understand. From these follies and affectations the poems of Parnell...of poetry as the language of life, and conveys the wannest thoughts in the simplest expressions. ~' NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY J, Johnson, Jet. T. Bewich, sculp....
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith..

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 492 pages
...them are silent, and those who make out their meaning are willing to praise, to shew they understand. From these follies and affectations the poems of Parnell...conveys the warmest thoughts in the simplest expression. Parnell has written several poems besides these published by Pope, and some of them have been made...
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Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions ..., Volumes 5-6

Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1807 - 904 pages
...these follies and affectations the poems of Parnell," (and it may be added, those of Goldsmith) "are free; he has considered the language of poetry as...the warmest thoughts in the simplest expression." A\\ this abstractedly may be very just; though it must be observed that it applies rather to the outward...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 304 pages
...them, are silent, and those who make out their meaning, are willing to praise, to show they understand. From these follies and affectations, the poems of...conveys the warmest thoughts in the simplest expression. Parnell has written several poems besides these published by Pope, and some of them have been made...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 6

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...may be inferred from his commendation of Parnell's Poems in his Life of that poet, who " considers the language of poetry as the language of life, and...the warmest thoughts in the simplest expression." This, applying as it does rather to the outwardness than to the substance and essence of poetry, became...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: The life of Dr. Parnell. The ...

Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1825 - 448 pages
...them are silent, and those who make out their meaning are willing to praise, to show they understand. From these follies and affectations the poems of Parnell...conveys the warmest thoughts in the simplest expression. I Parnell has written several poems besides those published by Pope, and some of them have been made...
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