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Sivu 53
... French manner ? He fell into every one of its vices , without attaining much of what constitutes its excellence . From the nature of the language , all French poetry is purely artificial , and its high polish is all that keeps out decay ...
... French manner ? He fell into every one of its vices , without attaining much of what constitutes its excellence . From the nature of the language , all French poetry is purely artificial , and its high polish is all that keeps out decay ...
Sivu 55
... French poets are generally accused that , wheresoever they lay the scene , or in whatever age , the manners of their heroes are wholly French . Racine's Bajazet is bred at Constantinople , but his civilities are conveyed to him by some ...
... French poets are generally accused that , wheresoever they lay the scene , or in whatever age , the manners of their heroes are wholly French . Racine's Bajazet is bred at Constantinople , but his civilities are conveyed to him by some ...
Sivu 56
... French heroic verse “ runs with more activity than strength . * Their language is not strung with sinews like our English ; it has the nimbleness of a greyhound , but not the bulk and body of a mastiff . Our men and our verses overbear ...
... French heroic verse “ runs with more activity than strength . * Their language is not strung with sinews like our English ; it has the nimbleness of a greyhound , but not the bulk and body of a mastiff . Our men and our verses overbear ...
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