The Eclectic ReviewHodder and Stoughton, 1868 |
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Page 334
... verses are found in this skilful adaptation of the metres of the poet , who seems to have been a favourite with him , as , with whom of all who can read him , is he not a favourite Horace ? Among the miscellaneous thoughts in prose and ...
... verses are found in this skilful adaptation of the metres of the poet , who seems to have been a favourite with him , as , with whom of all who can read him , is he not a favourite Horace ? Among the miscellaneous thoughts in prose and ...
Page 338
... verse , while his sermons possess a gorgeous and overwhelming splendour of diction and imagery . In Watts , on the other hand , it is equally surprising that so sprightly and splendid a fancy , so rich a command over sacred verses and ...
... verse , while his sermons possess a gorgeous and overwhelming splendour of diction and imagery . In Watts , on the other hand , it is equally surprising that so sprightly and splendid a fancy , so rich a command over sacred verses and ...
Page 343
... verses of the two admirable men . It is our conviction that while Watts has , in the stricter term of the word poet , included in himself Charles Wesley , the purpose of Wesley's verse was especially to describe frames and feelings and ...
... verses of the two admirable men . It is our conviction that while Watts has , in the stricter term of the word poet , included in himself Charles Wesley , the purpose of Wesley's verse was especially to describe frames and feelings and ...
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