 For this we may thank Pope, but unless we could imitate him in the closeness and compactness of his expression, as well as in the smoothness of his numbers, we had better drop the imitation, which serves no other purpose than to emasculate and weaken...  The Monthly Magazine - Page 1011803Full view - About this book
 | William Hayley - 1803 - 330 pages
...drop the imitation, which ferves no other purpofe than to emafculate and weaken all we write.—Give me a manly, rough line, with a deal of meaning in...mufical periods, that have nothing but their oily fmoothnefs to recommend them !— Vo1.: II. T ' " I have faid thus much, as I hinted in the beginning',... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 442 pages
...of his numbers, we had better drop the imitation, which serves no other purpose than to emasculate and weaken all we write. — Give me a manly, rough...of meaning in it, rather than a whole poem full of musical periods, that have nothing but their oily smoothness to recommend them ! — " I have said... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 456 pages
...drop the imitation, which serves no other purpose than to emasculate and weaken all we write.—Give me a manly, rough line, with a deal of meaning in it, rather than a whole poem full of musical periods, that have nothing but their oily smoothness to recommend them!— " I have said thus... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 752 pages
...his numbers, we had better drop the imitation, which fervcs no other purpofe than to emafculate ana weaken all we write. Give me a manly, rough line, with a deal of meaning i:i it, rather than a whole potm full of muiical per-ds, that have nothing bin t hi ir oily fweetncfs... | |
 | 1804 - 552 pages
...fays be in a letter to bis publiiher, * a manly rough line, with a deal of meaning in • it, lather than a whole poem full of mufical periods, that have * nothing but their fmoothnefs to recommend them.' It is obvious, bowerer, that this is not a defence of harfh verfification,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 486 pages
...of his numbers, we had better drop the imitation, which serves no other purpose than to emasculate and weaken all we write. Give me a manly, rough line,...of meaning in it, rather than a whole poem full of musical periods, that have nothing but their oily smoothness to recommend them ! I have said thus much,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1809 - 472 pages
...of his numbers, we had better drop the imitation, which serves no other purpose than to emascnlate and weaken all we write. Give me a manly, rough line,...of meaning in it, rather than a whole poem full of musical periods, that have nothing but their oily smoothness to recommend them ! I have said thus much,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1812 - 450 pages
...of his numbers, we had better drop the imitation, which serves no other purpose than to emasculate and weaken all we write. Give me a manly, rough line, with a deal of meaning 232 in it, rather than a whole poem full of musical periods, that have nothing but their oily smoothness... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1812 - 446 pages
...of his numbers, we had better drop the imitation, which serves no other purpose than to. emasculate and weaken all we write. Give me a manly, rough line, with a deal of meaning 232 in it, rather than a whole poem full of musical periods, that have nothing but their oily smoothness... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1817 - 536 pages
...of his numbers, we had better drop the imitation 'which serves no other purpose than to emasculate and weaken all we write. Give me a manly, rough line, with a deal of mean, ing in it. rather than a whole poem full of musical periods, that have Bothing but their oily... | |
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