 ... Collins, both writers of odes? It is odd enough, but each is the half of a considerable man, and one the counterpart of the other. The first has but little invention, very poetical choice of expression, and a good ear. The second, a fine fancy, modelled...  The Quarterly Review - Seite 32herausgegeben von - 1854Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...a good Ear. The second, a fine fancy, model'd upon the Antique, a bad Ear, great Variety of Words, and Images with no Choice at all. They both deserve to last some years, but will not.' 2 It is astonishing that Gray could form such a singularly faulty estimate of poets whom he might have... | |
 | C. E. de Haas - 1928 - 322 Seiten
...a good Ear. The second, a fine fancy, model'd upon the Antique, a bad Ear, great Variety of Words, and Images with no Choice at all. They both deserve to last some years, but will not.1 3 It is astonishing that Gray could form such a singularly faulty estimate of poets whom he might... | |
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...good ear. The second, a fine fancy, modelled upon tlie antique, a bad ear, great variety of words TOL. xciv. NO. CLXXXVII. D and and images with no choice...he has lines, stanzas, and one or two entire pieces thai are almost perfect for their music, and when he alleged that his diction was more copious than... | |
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