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LECTURE III ON COWLEY , BUTLER , SUCKLING , ETHEREGE , & C . THE metaphysical poets or wits of the age of James and ... and gave place almost entirely to the poetry of observation and reasoning , are thus happily characterised by Dr.
LECTURE III ON COWLEY , BUTLER , SUCKLING , ETHEREGE , & C . THE metaphysical poets or wits of the age of James and ... and gave place almost entirely to the poetry of observation and reasoning , are thus happily characterised by Dr.
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They neither belong to the class of lively or severe poetry . They have not the force of the one , nor the gaiety of the other ; but are an ill - assorted , unprofitable union of the two together , applying to serious subjects that ...
They neither belong to the class of lively or severe poetry . They have not the force of the one , nor the gaiety of the other ; but are an ill - assorted , unprofitable union of the two together , applying to serious subjects that ...
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The surface of society was embossed with hieroglyphics , and poetry existed in act and complement extern . ' The poetry of former times might be directly taken from real life , as our poetry is taken from the poetry of former times .
The surface of society was embossed with hieroglyphics , and poetry existed in act and complement extern . ' The poetry of former times might be directly taken from real life , as our poetry is taken from the poetry of former times .
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| Title | The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6 The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Percival Presland Howe |
| Author | William Hazlitt |
| Editors | Percival Presland Howe, Alfred Rayney Waller, Arnold Glover |
| Compiled by | James Thornton |
| Publisher | J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 6 Jul 2009 |
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