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Goldsmith , whom we look upon as the most successful of all didactic poets , avoided these defects by taking ... We can fancy to ourselves the poet seated upon the summit of an Alp , and calling to his remembrance the features of those ...
Goldsmith , whom we look upon as the most successful of all didactic poets , avoided these defects by taking ... We can fancy to ourselves the poet seated upon the summit of an Alp , and calling to his remembrance the features of those ...
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Some poetical pieces , ascribed to her ladyship , which we have seen , would incline us to designate the Specimens of the British Poets , with Biographical and Critical Notices , and an Essay on English Poetry . 7 vols . 8vo .
Some poetical pieces , ascribed to her ladyship , which we have seen , would incline us to designate the Specimens of the British Poets , with Biographical and Critical Notices , and an Essay on English Poetry . 7 vols . 8vo .
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Excellent !not to mention the new idea of a recondite poet , I should humbly conceive , that transplanting these energetic touches of the noble poet to the pages of Walter Scott , would be to transfer the dark mark ings of the sublime ...
Excellent !not to mention the new idea of a recondite poet , I should humbly conceive , that transplanting these energetic touches of the noble poet to the pages of Walter Scott , would be to transfer the dark mark ings of the sublime ...
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