Biographical Sketches of Eminent British Poets, Chronologically Arranged from Chaucer to Burns: With Criticisms on Their Works, Selected from the Most Distinguished Writersdirection of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, 1851 - 508 páginas |
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... humour , in satire , character , and description . His graphic faculty , and healthy sense of the material , strongly ally him to the painter ; and perhaps a better idea could not be given of his universality than by saying , that he ...
... humour , in satire , character , and description . His graphic faculty , and healthy sense of the material , strongly ally him to the painter ; and perhaps a better idea could not be given of his universality than by saying , that he ...
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... humour , the sharp edge of his satire , and the pro- priety , flexibility , and exquisite expressiveness of his delicate yet natural diction . Even like the varied visi- ble creation around us , his poetry too has its earth , its sea ...
... humour , the sharp edge of his satire , and the pro- priety , flexibility , and exquisite expressiveness of his delicate yet natural diction . Even like the varied visi- ble creation around us , his poetry too has its earth , its sea ...
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... humour up to the heights of imaginative and impassioned song , his genius has exercised itself in all styles of poetry , and won im- perishable laurels in all . " The foregoing testimonies , selected from various dis- tinguished authors ...
... humour up to the heights of imaginative and impassioned song , his genius has exercised itself in all styles of poetry , and won im- perishable laurels in all . " The foregoing testimonies , selected from various dis- tinguished authors ...
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... Humour , " from the pen of Leigh Hunt , one of the most eminent and pleasing of our modern critics . Ample justice has also been done to the merits of Chaucer by an able contributor to " The Retrospective Review , " a journal rich in ...
... Humour , " from the pen of Leigh Hunt , one of the most eminent and pleasing of our modern critics . Ample justice has also been done to the merits of Chaucer by an able contributor to " The Retrospective Review , " a journal rich in ...
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... Humour " was his first and most successful attempt at dramatic composition . It was performed with applause in 1596 ; and Shak- speare is said to have taken a part in the performance of the play . For several successive years he ...
... Humour " was his first and most successful attempt at dramatic composition . It was performed with applause in 1596 ; and Shak- speare is said to have taken a part in the performance of the play . For several successive years he ...
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