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... virtues . ' This reference to prose - it is from Mr. Eliot - is worth examining . In his extremely valuable Introductory Essay1 to Johnson's Satires , remarking that in the eighteenth century English verse is ' intolerably poetic , ' he ...
... virtues . ' This reference to prose - it is from Mr. Eliot - is worth examining . In his extremely valuable Introductory Essay1 to Johnson's Satires , remarking that in the eighteenth century English verse is ' intolerably poetic , ' he ...
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... virtues of good prose is the first and minimum requirement of good poetry . ' But in what sense of ' prose ' can Ash Wednesday , con- summate poetry in which the poet has notably worked out the proper form for his matter , be said to ...
... virtues of good prose is the first and minimum requirement of good poetry . ' But in what sense of ' prose ' can Ash Wednesday , con- summate poetry in which the poet has notably worked out the proper form for his matter , be said to ...
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... Virtue sits easy about him , and to whom Vice is thoroughly contemptible . It was said by one of this Company ... Virtue's clue . G Void of strong Desires , and Fear , Life's 139 THE AUGUSTAN TRADITION.
... Virtue sits easy about him , and to whom Vice is thoroughly contemptible . It was said by one of this Company ... Virtue's clue . G Void of strong Desires , and Fear , Life's 139 THE AUGUSTAN TRADITION.
Contents
Chapter I | 4 |
THE LINE OF | 10 |
Note A Carew and the Line of | 37 |
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