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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical - Page 255
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 51

English poets - 1790 - 304 pages
...the leaft pleafing of Cheir works, It is often the fame in hiftory, where tlu» reprereprefentations of common, or even domeftic things, in clear, plain,...on the reader. The queftion is, how far a poet, in purfuircg the defcription or image of an aftion, can attach himfeff to little circumftances, without...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 12

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 902 pages
...are not the leaft pleafing of their works. It is often the fame in hiftory, where the reprefcntation of common, or even domeftic things, in clear, plain,...a poet, in purfuing the defcription or image of an action, can attach himfelf to little circumliances, without vulgarity or trifling ? what particulars...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical ...

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1104 pages
...are not the lead pleafing of their works. It is often the fame in hiftory, where the reprefentation of common, or even domeftic things, in clear, plain, and natural words, are frequently found to make lite livelieft impreflion on the reader. The queftion is, how far a poet, in purfuing the iefcription...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1797 - 472 pages
...are not the leaft pleafing of their works. It is often the fame in hiftory, where the reprefentations of common, or even domeftic things, in clear, plain,...or image of an aftion, can attach himfelf to little circum/tances, without vulgarity or triffing ? what particulars are proper, and enliven the image ;...
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The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs ..., Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1806 - 508 pages
...their works. It is often the fame in hiftory, where the reprefentations of common, or even do. meftic things, in clear, plain, and natural words, are frequently...a Poet, in purfuing the defcription or image of an ac~tion, can attach himfelf to little circumftances, without vulgarity or trifling? what particulars...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Satires. On receiving from the Right ...

Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 504 pages
...their works. It is often the fame in hiftory, where the reprefentations of common, or even domcftic things, in clear, plain, and natural words, are frequently...a Poet, in purfuing the defcription or image of an action, can attach himfelf to -little circumftances, without vulgarity or trifling ? what particulars...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Verse and Prose: Containing ..., Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1806 - 550 pages
...are not the leaft pleafing of their works. It is often the fame in hiilory, where the reprefentations of common, or even domeftic things, in clear, plain,...to make the livelieft impreffion on the reader. The queflion is, how far a Poet, in purfuing the defcription or image of an ait ion, can attach himfelf...
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The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 6

Homer - 1806 - 234 pages
...their works. It is often the same in history, where the representations of common, or even domestic things, in clear, plain, and natural words, are frequently found to make the liveliest impression on the reader. 176 The question is, how far a poet, in pursuing the de« scription...
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The Works of the Greek and Roman Poets, Volume 4, Part 3

1809 - 364 pages
...their works. It is often the same in history, where the representations of common, or even domestic things, in clear, plain, and natural words, are frequently found to make the liveliest impression on the reader. The question is, how far a poet, in pursuing the description or...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 19

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 770 pages
...their works. It is often the same in histoiy, where the representations of common, or even domestic things, in clear, plain, and natural words, are frequently found to make the liveliest impression on the reader. The question is, how far a poet, in pursuing the description or...
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