 To make verse speak the language of prose, without being prosaic ; to marshal the words of it in such an order, as they might naturally take in falling from the lips of an extemporary speaker, yet without meanness ; harmoniously, COWPER S LETTERS. elegantly,...  Eighteenth Century Vignettes: Third Series - Page 226by Austin Dobson - 1896 - 364 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 394 pages
...verse-writing, knows, , and knows by painful experience, that the familiai; stile, is of all stiles the most difficult to succeed in. To make verse speak...elegantly, and without seeming to displace a syllable for the.sake of the rhyme, is one of the most arduous tasks a poet can undertake. He that could accomplish... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...Dennis. Every man conversant with verse-writing knows, and knows by painful experience, that the familiar style is of all styles the most difficult to succeed in. To make verse speak the language of prow, without being prosaic, to marshal! the words of it in such an order, as they might naturally... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 480 pages
...Dennis. Every man conversant with verse writing knows, and knows by painful experience, that the familiar style is of all styles the most difficult to succeed...extemporary speaker, yet without meanness ; harmoniously, COWPER S LETTERS. elegantly, and without seeming to displace a syllable for the sake of the rhyme,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 620 pages
...man converlant with verse-writing knows, and knows by painful experience, that the familiar style ia l ~% ~% ` $ prosaie, to marshall the words of it in such an order, as they might naturally take in falling from... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 790 pages
...Dennis. Every man conversant with verse-writing knows, and knows by painful experience, that the familiar style is of all styles the most difficult to succeed in. To make vcise speak the language of prose, without being prosaic, to marshal the words of it in such an order... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 484 pages
...Dennis. Every man conversant with verse-writing knows, and knows by painful experience, that the familiar style is of all styles the most difficult to succeed...without seeming to displace a syllable for the sake of rhyme — is one of the most arduous tasks a poet can undertake. He that could accomplish this task... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 450 pages
...Dennis. Every man conversant with verse-writing knows, and knowa by painful experience, that the familiar style is of all styles the most difficult to succeed...without seeming to displace a syllable for the sake of rhyme— is one of the most arduous tasks a poet can undertake. He that could accomplish this task... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 528 pages
...Dennis. Every man conversant with verse-writing knows, and knows by painful experience, that the familiar style is of all styles the most difficult to succeed...make verse speak the language of prose, without being prosaic,—to marshal the words of it in such an order as they might naturally take in falling from... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 560 pages
...Dennis. Every man conversant with verse-writing knows, and knows by painful experience, that the familiar style is of all styles the most difficult to succeed...To make verse speak the language of prose, without heing prosaic, — to marshal the words of it in such an order as they might naturally take in falling... | |
 | William Cowper - 1856 - 464 pages
..." Every man conversant with verse-writing knows, and knows by painful experience, that the familiar style is of all styles the most difficult to succeed...might naturally take in falling from the lips of an extempore speaker, yet without meanness, harmoniously, elegantly, and without seeming to displace a... | |
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