The Makers of Modern English: A Popular Handbook to the Greater Poets of the CenturyThomas Whittaker, 1895 - 375 pages |
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... prose writers are included , because for them a separate volume is needed . So far as is possible to me , I have endeavoured to follow a continuous plan , and to arrange the matter in the longer studies under specific heads . This I ...
... prose writers are included , because for them a separate volume is needed . So far as is possible to me , I have endeavoured to follow a continuous plan , and to arrange the matter in the longer studies under specific heads . This I ...
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... prose Mr. Arnold describes him as a master . The fact remains , however , that his prose has rare qualities of force and eloquence . It reflects in a singular degree the precision and purity of the great classic writers of antiquity ...
... prose Mr. Arnold describes him as a master . The fact remains , however , that his prose has rare qualities of force and eloquence . It reflects in a singular degree the precision and purity of the great classic writers of antiquity ...
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... the metaphysician ; for who would not give all the prose writings of Coleridge for another twenty pages of poetry like the " Ancient Mariner " ? CHAPTER IX . ROBERT SOUTHEY . [ Born at Bristol 80 THE MAKERS OF MODERN ENGLISH .
... the metaphysician ; for who would not give all the prose writings of Coleridge for another twenty pages of poetry like the " Ancient Mariner " ? CHAPTER IX . ROBERT SOUTHEY . [ Born at Bristol 80 THE MAKERS OF MODERN ENGLISH .
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... prose run mad . When he would be impressive he becomes bombastic ; when he aims at description he attains only diffuseness . He pours out an immense stream of descriptive and semi - descriptive verse , as in such a poem as " Thalaba ...
... prose run mad . When he would be impressive he becomes bombastic ; when he aims at description he attains only diffuseness . He pours out an immense stream of descriptive and semi - descriptive verse , as in such a poem as " Thalaba ...
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... prose , And more of both than anybody knows . There was no touch of brooding contemplation about him , no time in his laborious life for meditative calm . He took up poetry in a thoroughly business - like way , and applied himself to it ...
... prose , And more of both than anybody knows . There was no touch of brooding contemplation about him , no time in his laborious life for meditative calm . He took up poetry in a thoroughly business - like way , and applied himself to it ...
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