 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, elegantly, and without...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Side 3621874Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | William Hayley - 1806 - 404 sider
...familiar style, is of all styles the most difficult to succeed in. To make verse speak the language of prose, without being prosaic, to marshal the words...accomplish this task was Prior ; many have imitated his excellence in this particular, but the best copies have fallen far short of the original. And now to... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 394 sider
...familiai; stile, is of all stiles the most difficult to succeed in. To make verse speak the language of prose, without being prosaic,, to marshal the words...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 - 1817 - 324 sider
...familiar style is of all styles the most difficult to succeed in. To make verse speak the language of prose, without being prosaic, to marshal the words...accomplish this task was Prior ; many have imitated his excellence in this particular, but the best copies have fallen far short of the original. And now to... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 sider
...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...yet without meanness ; harmoniously, elegantly, and witliout seeming to displace a syllabic for the sake of the rhyme, is one of the most arduous tasks... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 370 sider
...familiar style is of all styles the most difficult to succeed in. To make verse speak the language of prose, without being prosaic, to marshal the words...tasks a poet can undertake. He that could accomplish * The language in the original is as follows : " His expression has every mark of laborious study ;... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 382 sider
...familiar style is of all styles the most difficult to succeed in. To make verse speak the language of prose, without being prosaic, to marshal the words...tasks a poet can undertake. He that could accomplish * The language in the original is as follows : " His expression has every mark of laborious study ;... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 480 sider
...familiar style is of all styles the most difficult to succeed in. To make verse speak the language of prose, without being prosaic ; to marshal the words...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 - 1836 - 390 sider
...familiar style is of all styles the most difficult to succeed in. To make verse speak the language of prose, without being prosaic, — to marshal the...accomplish this task was Prior ; many have imitated his excellence in this particular, but the best copies have fallen far short of the original. And now to... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 400 sider
...familiar style is of all styles the most difficult to succeed in. To make verse speak the language of prose, without being prosaic, — to marshal the...accomplish this task was Prior ; many have imitated his excellence in this particular, but the best copies have fallen far short of the original. And now to... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 406 sider
...familiar style is of all styles the most difficult to succeed in. To make verse speak the language of prose without being prosaic, to marshal the words...that could accomplish this task was Prior : many have imi55 To Mr. Unwin, March 21, 1784. He asks, and with good reason, what could have suggested to Johnson... | |
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