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" What judgment I had increases rather than diminishes ; and thoughts, such as they are, come crowding in so fast upon me, that my only difficulty is to choose or to reject ; to run them into verse or to give them the other harmony of prose. "
English Men of Letters: Chaucer, by Adolphus William Ward, 1896; Spenser, by ... - Page 136
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The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose, Volume 1

John Dryden - 1859 - 480 pages
...What judgment I had inereases rather than diminishes ; and thoughts, such as they are, come erowding in so fast upon me, that my only difficulty is to...choose or to reject ; to run them into verse, or to givs them the other harmony of prose. I have so long studied and practised hoth, that they are grown...
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Histoire de la littérature anglaise, Volume 2

Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 738 pages
...but I am sure it has devoured some part of his good manners and civility. (Préface des Fables.) 2. Thoughts, such as they are, come crowding in so fast upon me, that my only difBculty is to chuse or to reject; to run them into verses or to give them the other harmony of prose....
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Histoire de la littérature anglaise, Volume 2

Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 720 pages
...part of his good manners and civility. (Préface des Fables.') 2. Thoughts, such as they are, corne crowding in so fast upon me, that my only difficulty is to chuse or to reject; to run them into verses or to give them thé olher harmony of prose. I hâve so...
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Histoire de la littérature anglaise, Volume 3

Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1866 - 442 pages
...but I am sure it bas devoured some part of bis good manners and civility. (Préface des Fables.) 2. Thoughts, such as they are, come crowding in so fast upon me, that my only difficulty is to chuse or to reject ; to run them into verses or to give them the other hanaony of prose. I bave so...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems, Tales, and ...

John Dryden - 1867 - 556 pages
...it, I have no great reason to complain. What judgment I had, increases rather than diminishes ; and m iuto verso, or to give them the other harmony of prose, I have so long studied and practised both,...
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The North American Review, Volume 107

North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1868 - 690 pages
...about the same time he says elsewhere : " What judgment I had increases rather than diminishes, and thoughts, such as they are, come crowding in so fast...into verse Or to give them the other harmony of prose ; I have so long studied and practised both, that they are grown into a habit and become familiar to...
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AMONG MY BOOKS

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. A.M. - 1870 - 604 pages
...about the same time he says elsewhere : " What judgment I had increases rather than diminishes, and thoughts, such as they are, come crowding in so fast...into verse or to give them the other harmony of prose ; I have so long studied and practised both, that they are grown into a habit and become familiar to...
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Among My Books

James Russell Lowell - New England - 1898 - 396 pages
...about the same time he says elsewhere : " What judgment I had increases rather than diminishes, and thoughts, such as they are, come crowding in so fast upon me that ray only difficulty is to choose or to reject, to run them into verse or to give them the other harmony...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden

John Dryden - English poetry - 1897 - 764 pages
...it, I have no great reason to complain. What judgment I had increases rather than diminishes ; and thoughts, such as they are, come crowding in so fast...verse or to give them the other harmony of prose. 1 have so long studied and practised both, that they are grown into a habit, and become familiar to...
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History of English Literature, Volume 2

Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 586 pages
...of verse, a slave to his idea, with that abundance of thoughts which is the sign of true genius : ' Thoughts, such as they are, come crowding in so fast upon me, that my only difficulty is to chuse or to reject, to run them into verses, or to give them th? other harmony of prose : 1 have so...
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