The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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... poet , why should not the good Whig reviewer do his best to get them for the good Whig poet ? and on the other hand why should not the Tory reviewer give to the " Whig dog " of a poet the treatment of a dog ? But when the name of the ...
... poet , why should not the good Whig reviewer do his best to get them for the good Whig poet ? and on the other hand why should not the Tory reviewer give to the " Whig dog " of a poet the treatment of a dog ? But when the name of the ...
Page 328
... poet on his own art . But Thompson was more than an occasional critic ; he was an artist in prose as well as in verse . His own example helps to establish the truth of his saying that " it might almost be erected into a rule that a great ...
... poet on his own art . But Thompson was more than an occasional critic ; he was an artist in prose as well as in verse . His own example helps to establish the truth of his saying that " it might almost be erected into a rule that a great ...
Page 334
... poetic qualities . But to claim that he is almost , if not quite , the peer of the greatest , is to show want of ... poet's soul : " Near these cottages little bands of half - naked children , filled with the excitement of evening ...
... poetic qualities . But to claim that he is almost , if not quite , the peer of the greatest , is to show want of ... poet's soul : " Near these cottages little bands of half - naked children , filled with the excitement of evening ...
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