The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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Page 49
... poets were men of learning , and to show their learning was their whole endeavour : but unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry , they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the ...
... poets were men of learning , and to show their learning was their whole endeavour : but unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry , they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the ...
Page 50
... 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 quaint and partial style of allusion which fits only what ...
... 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 quaint and partial style of allusion which fits only what ...
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... 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 . Finally , the face of nature , which was the same glorious ...
... 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 . Finally , the face of nature , which was the same glorious ...
Contents
LECTURE I | 5 |
LECTURE II | 30 |
On Cowley Butler Suckling Etherege | 70 |
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