To those who may be disposed to ask, what could induce me to write in so difficult a measure, I can only answer, that it pleases my ear, and seems, from its Gothic structure and original, to bear some relation to the subject and spirit of the Poem. It... Public Characters - Page 4701804Full view - About this book
| John Bell - 1789 - 416 pages
...what could induce me to write in so difficult a measure, I can only answer, that it pleases my ear, and seems from its Gothic structure and original,...the couplet, as well as the more complex modulation of blank verse. What some critics have remarked of its uniformity growing at last tiresome to the ear,... | |
| 1789 - 214 pages
...pleases my ear, and seems from its Gothic structure and original, to heap some relation to the subjeft and spirit of the Poem. It admits both simplicity...other stanza that I am acquainted with. It allows the sentenfiousness of the couplet, as well as the more complex modulation of blank verse. What some critics... | |
| James Beattie - 1797 - 150 pages
...«nly answer, that it pleases my ear, and seems, from its Gothick structure and original, to bear fome relation to the subject and spirit of the Poem. It...the couplet, as well as the more complex modulation of blank verse. What some criticks have remarked, of its uniformity growing at last tiresome to the... | |
| 1801 - 618 pages
...only answer, that it pleases my ear, and seems from its Gothic structure and original to bear •ome relation to the subject and spirit of the poem. It...other stanza that I- am acquainted with. It allows the scntciuiuusucss of the couplet, as well as the more complex mo. G g 3 dotation 454 DR. dulation of... | |
| 1802 - 302 pages
...what could induce me to write in so difficult a measure, I can only answer, that it pleases my ear, and seems, from its Gothic structure and original,...the couplet, as well as the more complex modulation of blank verse. What some critics have remarked, of its uniformity growing at last tiresome to the... | |
| James Beattie - 1802 - 152 pages
...what could induce me to write in so difficult a measure, I can only answer, that it pleases my ear, and seems, from its Gothic structure and original,...the couplet, as well as the more complex modulation of blank verse. What some critics have remarked, of its uniformity growing at last tiresome to the... | |
| James Beattie - 1803 - 190 pages
...what could induce me to write in so difficult a measure, I can only answer, that it pleases my ear, and seems, from its Gothic structure and original,...the couplet, as well as the more complex modulation of blank verse. What some critics have remarked, of its uniformity growing at last tiresome to the... | |
| James Beattie, Alexander Chalmers - 1805 - 190 pages
...what could induce me to write in so difficult a measure, I can only answer, that it pleases my ear, and seems from its gothic structure and original to...admits both simplicity and magnificence of sound and language, beyond any other stanza that I am acquainted with. It allows the sententiousness of the couplet,... | |
| James Beattie - 1805 - 178 pages
...what could induce me to write in so difficult a measure, I can only answer, that it pleases my ear, and seems, from its Gothic structure and original,...relation to the subject and spirit of the Poem. It admils both of simplicity and magnificence of sound and of language, beyond any other stanza that I... | |
| Sir William Forbes - 1806 - 578 pages
...write in so difficult a measure, he says, he can only answer, that it pleased his ear, and seemed, from its Gothic structure and original, to bear some...admits both simplicity and magnificence of sound and language, beyond any other stanza that he was acquainted with. It allows the sententiousness of the... | |
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