The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 59
... poet . He never seems to inquire how other men would treat a subject , or what may happen to be the usage of the times ; but filled with that strong sense of fitness , which is the result of bold and unshackled thought , he fearlessly ...
... poet . He never seems to inquire how other men would treat a subject , or what may happen to be the usage of the times ; but filled with that strong sense of fitness , which is the result of bold and unshackled thought , he fearlessly ...
Page 81
... with expletives , we should compare ourselves with a minor poet , eking out the measure of his verses , with all a ballad maker's tautology . Voh . II . The little book of Songs and Sonnets , is certainly. TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS .
... with expletives , we should compare ourselves with a minor poet , eking out the measure of his verses , with all a ballad maker's tautology . Voh . II . The little book of Songs and Sonnets , is certainly. TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS .
Page 84
... poet's well conn'd task ? Nay Gr , nay - on the wild hill , Let the wild heathbell flourish still , Cherish the Tulip , prune the Vine , But freely let the Woodbine twine , And leave untrimm'd the Eglantine . We are by no means ...
... poet's well conn'd task ? Nay Gr , nay - on the wild hill , Let the wild heathbell flourish still , Cherish the Tulip , prune the Vine , But freely let the Woodbine twine , And leave untrimm'd the Eglantine . We are by no means ...
Page 86
... poets , which would otherwise remain as a fixed standard of both . Besides the literary accent marked in written language , there is also an accent relating to the tones and expression of the living voice , and understood as the general ...
... poets , which would otherwise remain as a fixed standard of both . Besides the literary accent marked in written language , there is also an accent relating to the tones and expression of the living voice , and understood as the general ...
Page 87
... poet , in a paroxysm of virtuous anger , impetuously breaks out with the following animated query : Him dost thou mean , who , spite of all his store , Is ever craving and will still be poor ? Who cheats for half pence , and who doffs ...
... poet , in a paroxysm of virtuous anger , impetuously breaks out with the following animated query : Him dost thou mean , who , spite of all his store , Is ever craving and will still be poor ? Who cheats for half pence , and who doffs ...
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