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 - Página 4701804Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1806 - 184 páginas
...measure in which it is written," observes Dr. Beattie, " from its Gothic structure and original, seems to bear some relation to the subject and spirit of the Poem, and admits both simplicity and magnificence of sound and of language beyond any other stanza that I... | |
| Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 412 páginas
...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 * Preface to the Minstrel, ed. 1771. with.... | |
| Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 408 páginas
...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 * Preface to the Minstrel, ed. 1771. with.... | |
| Sir William Forbes, James Beattie - 1807 - 572 páginas
...admits both simplicity and magnificence of sound and language, beyond any other stanza that he was acquainted with. It allows the sententiousness of...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,... | |
| James Beattie, Thomas Gray - 1809 - 414 páginas
...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, Thomas Gray - 1809 - 408 páginas
...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,...magnificence of sound and of language, beyond any other starffca that I am acquainted with. It allows the senteuliousness of the couplet, as well as the more... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 402 páginas
...relation to the subject and spirit of the poem. It admits both simplicity and magnificence of sound and language, beyond any other stanza that I am acquainted with. It allows the sentenliousness of the couplet, and something too of the diversified cadence and complicated modulation... | |
| James Beattie, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 308 páginas
...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 sententiousaess of the couplet,... | |
| John George Phillimore - 1815 - 284 páginas
...Terse, and in the harmony, simplicity and variety of his composition. This measure pleases my ear, and seems, from its Gothic structure and original, to bear some relation to the eubject and spirit of the poem." Editor. VOL. I. M Beattie likes to enlarge on common maxims of morality,... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1815 - 284 páginas
...harmony, simplicity and varietv of bis composition. — This measure pleases my ear and seems from îts Gothic structure and original, to bear some relation to the subject and suint of the poëm." Nottfo l'Editeur. M tendre sur des lieux communs de morale, qn'it n'a pas toujours... | |
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