 Magazine," under the name of Chester. He died at Bath, November 16, 1745, and was buried in the Abbey Church. Of Broome, though it cannot be said that he was a great poet, it would be unjust to deny that he was an excellent versifier ; his lines are smooth...  The Works of Alexander Pope: Correspondence - Page 117by Alexander Pope - 1872Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...cannot be sakl that he was a great poet, it would be unjust to deny that he was an excellent versifyer ; his lines are smooth and sonorous, and his diction is select and elegant. His rhymes are somatirnes unsuitable j in his " Melancholy," he makes breath rhyme to birth in one... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...Broome, though it cannot be said that he was a great poet, it would bi; unjust to deny that he was an excellent versifier ; his lines are smooth and sonorous and his diction is select and elegant. His rhymes are sometimes unsuitable ; in his Melancholy, he makes breath rhyme to birth in one place,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pages
...Of Broome, though it cannot be said that he was a great poet, it would be unjust to deny that he was an excellent versifier ; his lines are smooth and sonorous, and his diction is select and elegant. His rhymes are sometimes unsuitable ; in his " Melancholy," he makes breath rhyme to birth in one place,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 494 pages
...Of Broome, though it cannot be said that he was a great poet, it would be unjust to deny that he was an excellent versifier ; his lines are smooth and sonorous, and his diction is select and elegant. His rhymes are sometimes unsuitable; in his " Melancholy," he makes breath rhyme to birth in one place,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...Of Broome, though it cannot be said that he was a great poet, it would be unjust to deny that he was an excellent versifier ; his lines are smooth and sonorous, and his diction js select and elegant. His rhymes are sometimes unsuitable ; in his " Melancholy," he makes breath... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 pages
...Of Broome, though it cannot be said that he was a great poet, it would be unjust to deny that he was an excellent versifier ; his lines are smooth and sonorous, and his diction is select and elegant. His rhymes are sometimes unsuitable ; in his " Melancholy," he makes breath, rhyme to birth in one... | |
 | William Somervile - 1811 - 312 pages
...says Johnson, " tho' it cannot be said that be was a great poet, it would be unjust to deny that hewas an excellent versifier ; his lines are smooth, and sonorous, and his diction is select and elegant. He had such power of words and numbers, as peculiarly fitted him for translations ; but in his original... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 504 pages
...Johnson, though it cannot be said that he was a great poet, it would be unjust to deny that be was an excellent versifier; his lines are smooth and sonorous, and his diction is select and elegant. His rhymes are sometimes unsuitable, but such faults occur but seldom, and he had such power of words... | |
 | James Ford - English literature - 1818 - 430 pages
...Johnson, though it cannot be said that he was a great poet, it would be unjust to deny that he was an excellent versifier ; his lines are smooth and sonorous, and his diction is select and elegant. His power of words and numbers fitted him for translation ; but in his original works, recollection... | |
 | James Ford - English literature - 1818 - 432 pages
...though it cannot be said that he was a great poet, it would be unjust to deny that he was an excellewt versifier ; his lines are smooth and sonorous, and his diction is select and elegant. His power of words and numbers fitted him for translation ; but in his original works, recollection... | |
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