From Shakespeare to Pope: An Inquiry Into the Causes and Phenomena of the Rise of Classical Poetry in England |
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... introducing the word " caterpillars , " whereas the classical poet had to prove that he was a scholar and a gentle- man by inventing some circumlocution such as " the crawling scourge that smites the leafy plain . " 1 It may be noticed ...
... introducing the word " caterpillars , " whereas the classical poet had to prove that he was a scholar and a gentle- man by inventing some circumlocution such as " the crawling scourge that smites the leafy plain . " 1 It may be noticed ...
Page 72
... introduction of classical taste in England , as it had done in France . Gradually it declined , until for a short time during the preeminence of Pope , it may almost be said to have disappeared ; but throughout the remainder of the ...
... introduction of classical taste in England , as it had done in France . Gradually it declined , until for a short time during the preeminence of Pope , it may almost be said to have disappeared ; but throughout the remainder of the ...
Page 95
... introduce ourselves to this majesty of Denham , who demands our consideration all the more because it happened that a book of his was the first poetry published by the English classicists ' . Waller's Poems were widely circulated from ...
... introduce ourselves to this majesty of Denham , who demands our consideration all the more because it happened that a book of his was the first poetry published by the English classicists ' . Waller's Poems were widely circulated from ...
Page 139
... introduce an author in whom I should be almost inclined to say that there is none at all . It would be refreshing to close such books as Madagascar and Gondibert , and listen to those Dorian strains from Milton's oaten stop , which were ...
... introduce an author in whom I should be almost inclined to say that there is none at all . It would be refreshing to close such books as Madagascar and Gondibert , and listen to those Dorian strains from Milton's oaten stop , which were ...
Page 178
... that broken lyrical music , while the brilliant couplet that Waller was so assiduous in introducing has quite passed away out of our living literature , THE REACTION . THE REACTION . THE student who considers 178 Davenant and Cowley .
... that broken lyrical music , while the brilliant couplet that Waller was so assiduous in introducing has quite passed away out of our living literature , THE REACTION . THE REACTION . THE student who considers 178 Davenant and Cowley .
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