The Retrospective Review, Volume 9Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1823 - Books |
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Page 187
... poet with the imaginary title of Poet Laureat though Dryden lays such confident claim to him as a predecessor in the laurel - a distinction , real and titular , un- known , we believe , to the court of our heroic Edwards , -how- ever ...
... poet with the imaginary title of Poet Laureat though Dryden lays such confident claim to him as a predecessor in the laurel - a distinction , real and titular , un- known , we believe , to the court of our heroic Edwards , -how- ever ...
Page 267
... poet , who neither wants , nor is justified in availing himself of it . Though the orator is always supposed to speak from the impulse of the moment , the poet never is . His language , it is true , must be the lan- guage of feeling and ...
... poet , who neither wants , nor is justified in availing himself of it . Though the orator is always supposed to speak from the impulse of the moment , the poet never is . His language , it is true , must be the lan- guage of feeling and ...
Page 269
... poet . This is Is the poet , then , to suppress in his description that part or portion of his feelings that were elevated by causes which he cannot describe , and give expression only to the rest ? impossible . To describe the exact ...
... poet . This is Is the poet , then , to suppress in his description that part or portion of his feelings that were elevated by causes which he cannot describe , and give expression only to the rest ? impossible . To describe the exact ...
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