The North American Review, Volumes 38-39O. Everett, 1834 |
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... writing , and nothing else , was poetry . The general strain of the dispute resembled the lawsuit between the eyes and the nose , contending to which the spectacles rightfully belonged ; but it was not by 2 [ Jar . Life of Cowper .
... writing , and nothing else , was poetry . The general strain of the dispute resembled the lawsuit between the eyes and the nose , contending to which the spectacles rightfully belonged ; but it was not by 2 [ Jar . Life of Cowper .
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... writer threw off the restraints of the bad taste which prevailed , and followed his own taste and feeling , went to the heart of Cowper , and touched the string which was then silent , but was afterwards waked into deep and full ...
... writer threw off the restraints of the bad taste which prevailed , and followed his own taste and feeling , went to the heart of Cowper , and touched the string which was then silent , but was afterwards waked into deep and full ...
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... writing any thing more than the Olney hymns , which he undertook in conjunction with his friend Mr. New- ton : but as he wrote with great facility , these were trifles which made but small demands upon his mind . By external ...
... writing any thing more than the Olney hymns , which he undertook in conjunction with his friend Mr. New- ton : but as he wrote with great facility , these were trifles which made but small demands upon his mind . By external ...
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... at present , enjoyed a popu- larity almost unexampled . The strain of his writing was fa- miliar even to homeliness . He drew from his own resources only ; throwing off all affectation and reserve , he 26 [ Jar Life of Cowper .
... at present , enjoyed a popu- larity almost unexampled . The strain of his writing was fa- miliar even to homeliness . He drew from his own resources only ; throwing off all affectation and reserve , he 26 [ Jar Life of Cowper .
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... writer , they are offensive and disgusting to those whose hearts it is most important to reach . It was tru- ly said of ... writing , and at times affords a singular contrast with his gloom . We fancy that the fate of these poems was ...
... writer , they are offensive and disgusting to those whose hearts it is most important to reach . It was tru- ly said of ... writing , and at times affords a singular contrast with his gloom . We fancy that the fate of these poems was ...
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