Essays on the Eighteenth Century, Presented to David Nichol Smith in Honour of His Seventieth BirthdayClarendon Press, 1945 - 288 pages |
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... tion . Looking back upon this early poetry in later years , he re- garded it with indulgent condescension as a youthful excess . He liked to think that he had not wandered long in Fancy's maze ( the distinction between Fancy and ...
... tion . Looking back upon this early poetry in later years , he re- garded it with indulgent condescension as a youthful excess . He liked to think that he had not wandered long in Fancy's maze ( the distinction between Fancy and ...
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... tion is essential to avoid misunderstanding . II But though Pope allowed himself more licence in description than later poets have done , he allowed himself less licence in expounding a rule of life and the truth as he understood it ...
... tion is essential to avoid misunderstanding . II But though Pope allowed himself more licence in description than later poets have done , he allowed himself less licence in expounding a rule of life and the truth as he understood it ...
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... tion necessary for experiencing it as it is . And one reason for this may well have been his dislike of the heroic couplet . This dislike was clearly formulated by 1862 , the date of his essay on Maurice de Guérin . After depreciating ...
... tion necessary for experiencing it as it is . And one reason for this may well have been his dislike of the heroic couplet . This dislike was clearly formulated by 1862 , the date of his essay on Maurice de Guérin . After depreciating ...
Contents
THE CONCISENESS OF SWIFT HERBERT DAVIS Smith College | 33 |
THE INSPIRATION OF POPES POETRY JOHN BUTT Bedford | 65 |
WHERE ONCE STOOD THEIR PLAIN HOMELY DWELL | 80 |
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