Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c: Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831 ; Complete in One VolumeHarper, 1838 - Всего страниц: 324 |
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... Lord Byron affected the frequent use of quaint , obsolete , and outlandish terms ; and by this artifice , no doubt , he occasionally rendered his style both gorgeous and venerable . But his chief strength lay in a despotic command over ...
... Lord Byron affected the frequent use of quaint , obsolete , and outlandish terms ; and by this artifice , no doubt , he occasionally rendered his style both gorgeous and venerable . But his chief strength lay in a despotic command over ...
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... Lord Byron has caught of it in the Third Canto of " Childe Harold , " ) in an aspect fit for poetical aggrandize- ment . In lyric song , however , as in the " Hohen- linden " of Campbell , and Wolfe's " Burial of Sir John Moore ...
... Lord Byron has caught of it in the Third Canto of " Childe Harold , " ) in an aspect fit for poetical aggrandize- ment . In lyric song , however , as in the " Hohen- linden " of Campbell , and Wolfe's " Burial of Sir John Moore ...
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... Lord Byron did worse ; but I am not the judge of his morality here . I shall only remark upon him in his literary character , that had he always selected ma- terials for his verse ( Milton uniformly did his best ) equal to the power ...
... Lord Byron did worse ; but I am not the judge of his morality here . I shall only remark upon him in his literary character , that had he always selected ma- terials for his verse ( Milton uniformly did his best ) equal to the power ...
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... Sir Walter Scott or Lord Byron who is popular at this hour ; and it may be safely foretold , that not one production resembling theirs , which is not theirs , will last thirty years . There is a small but peculiar class of versifiers ...
... Sir Walter Scott or Lord Byron who is popular at this hour ; and it may be safely foretold , that not one production resembling theirs , which is not theirs , will last thirty years . There is a small but peculiar class of versifiers ...
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... Lord Byron , Milman , Sotheby , Sheridan Knowles , and leave my audience to recollect other able writers of tragedy , among our contemporaries there is evi- dently no lack of great talent for this species of com- 28 position , that may ...
... Lord Byron , Milman , Sotheby , Sheridan Knowles , and leave my audience to recollect other able writers of tragedy , among our contemporaries there is evi- dently no lack of great talent for this species of com- 28 position , that may ...
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