The English Poets: Addison to BlakeThomas Humphry Ward Macmillan, 1913 - English poetry |
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... Pindaric Odes and Pastorals , such as that to the King on the taking of Namur , and The Mourning Muse of Alexis , can now only detain those who are curious in the class of poetry which flourishes under the patronage of royalty . The ...
... Pindaric Odes and Pastorals , such as that to the King on the taking of Namur , and The Mourning Muse of Alexis , can now only detain those who are curious in the class of poetry which flourishes under the patronage of royalty . The ...
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... pindaric ode , 1701 ; The Prodigy , 1706 ; Miscellany Poems , 1713 ; and Aristomenes , a tragedy . ] In that invaluable Essay which Wordsworth appended to his Lyrical Ballads in 1815 , he says that ' excepting the Nocturnal Reverie of ...
... pindaric ode , 1701 ; The Prodigy , 1706 ; Miscellany Poems , 1713 ; and Aristomenes , a tragedy . ] In that invaluable Essay which Wordsworth appended to his Lyrical Ballads in 1815 , he says that ' excepting the Nocturnal Reverie of ...
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... Pindaric Odes . A more substantial result of his studies in his master's library was The Battle of the Books . In 1694 he took Deacon's , and in 1695 Priest's orders . Ere his death in 1699 Sir William had from the king a promise of ...
... Pindaric Odes . A more substantial result of his studies in his master's library was The Battle of the Books . In 1694 he took Deacon's , and in 1695 Priest's orders . Ere his death in 1699 Sir William had from the king a promise of ...
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... Pindaric odes , and some of his later contributions to the pedantry of the age . The former could scarcely be worse , for they have almost the contortions of Cowley , without his occasional flow and elevation . Take the following lines ...
... Pindaric odes , and some of his later contributions to the pedantry of the age . The former could scarcely be worse , for they have almost the contortions of Cowley , without his occasional flow and elevation . Take the following lines ...
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... Pindaric flights , unless under the guidance of the genius that makes music as it runs , invariably result in confusion worse confounded . Not least among our debts to Dryden may be ranked his fencing the ode from his cousin Swift . Of ...
... Pindaric flights , unless under the guidance of the genius that makes music as it runs , invariably result in confusion worse confounded . Not least among our debts to Dryden may be ranked his fencing the ode from his cousin Swift . Of ...
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Addison admiration ALLAN RAMSAY Ambrose Philips beauty beneath blest born breast breath Burns Castle of Indolence charm Chatterton critics dear death delight Dryden Dunciad e'er Eclogues English English poetry Epistle Ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate feel fool frae genius GEORGE SAINTSBURY grace Gratius Faliscus grave Gray Grongar Hill hand happy hear heart heaven kings labour literary live Lord Lord Hervey mind moral muse nature ne'er never night numbers o'er once pain passion perhaps Pindaric pleasure poem poet poet's poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise pride prose rhyme rise round satire sense shade shine sing smile song soul spirit Spleen sweet Swift taste tear tell thee things THOMAS TICKELL Thomson thou thought thro toil trembling truth Twas verse virtue Whig wind wise write youth