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An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie: Including Many of His ... - Page 248
by Sir William Forbes - 1807
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The Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge, Volume 4

1774 - 846 pages
...blank verfe. What fome of our critics have remarked , of its uniformity growing at lail tirefome t» the ear, will be found to hold true, only when the Poetry is faulty in other refpecls." The poem then opens in fuch a manner as inttantly to command the attention of the moil infenfible...
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The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 6

1787 - 530 pages
...that he found the meafure difficult. And, " what this critic remarks of its uniformity being tirefome, will be found to hold true only when the poetry is faulty in other refpecb. It admits both iimplicity and magnificence of found ana language, beyond any other fianza...
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Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry: Vol. X.

1789 - 214 pages
...sound and of language, beyond any other stanza that I am acquainted with. It allows the sentenfiousness of the couplet, as well as the more complex modulation...will be found to hold true, only when the poetry is in other respefts faulty." 131 . But he, I ween, was of the north countrie .-] There is hardly an ancient...
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The Minstrel; Or, The Progress of Genius: in Two Books. With Some Other Poems

James Beattie - 1797 - 150 pages
...simplicity and magnificence of sound and of language, beyond any other stanza that I am acquainted with. It allows the sententiousness of the couplet,...more complex modulation of blank verse. What some criticks have remarked, of its uniformity growing at last tiresome to the ear, will be found to hold...
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Public characters [Formerly British public characters] of 1798-9 ..., Volume 4

1801 - 618 pages
...complex mo. G g 3 dotation 454 DR. dulation of blank verse. What some critics have remarked of ill uniformity, growing at last tiresome to the: ear, will be found to bold true, only when.the poetry,is faulty in other respects." The introductory lings to this poem,...
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The Minstrel: Or, The Progress of Genius. In Two Books. With Some Other Poems

James Beattie - 1802 - 152 pages
...simplicity and magnificence of sound and of language, beyond any other stanza that I am acquainted with. It allows the sententiousness of the couplet,...only when the poetry is faulty in other respects. THE MINSTREL; OR, THE PROGRESS OF GENIUS. BOOK I. THE MINSTREL ; OR, THE PROGRESS OF GENIUS. THE FIRST...
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Poems of Established Reputation: To Wit: 1st. The Art of Preserving Health

1802 - 302 pages
...simplicity and magnificence of sound and of language, beyond any other stanza that I am acquainted with. It allows the sententiousness of the couplet,...found to hold true, only when the poetry is faulty iu other respecTs. The Minitrel, A POEM. Me vero, primum, dulces, ante omnia, Musae, Quarum sacra fero,...
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The Minstrel, Or, The Progress of Genius, with Some Other Poems

James Beattie - 1803 - 190 pages
...simplicity and magnificence of sound and of language, beyond any other stanza that I am acquainted with. It allows the sententiousness of the couplet,...only when the poetry is faulty in other respects. THE MINSTREL; IN TWO BOOKS. Me vero primum dulces ante omnia Musce, Quorum sacra fero, ingenti perculsus...
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Public Characters, Volume 4

1804 - 646 pages
...with. It allows the sententiousness of the couplet, as well as the more complex modulation dulationof blank verse, What some critics have remarked of its...only when the poetry is faulty in other respects." The introductory lines to this poem have been greatly admired : i. " Ah ! who can tell how hard it...
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Public Characters

1804 - 636 pages
...both simplicity and magnificence of sound and of language beyond any other stanza that I am acquainted with. It allows the sententiousness of the couplet, as well as the more complex modulation dulation of blank verse, What some critics have remarked of its uniformity growing at last tiresome...
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