PoemsWalter Scott, 1820 - 24 pages |
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... taste , in the exertions of wit , fancy , and genius , and in the esteem and converse of such persons , as in these respects were most congenial with him- self , he would have been happy : but he was not . He wondered ( as thousands in ...
... taste , in the exertions of wit , fancy , and genius , and in the esteem and converse of such persons , as in these respects were most congenial with him- self , he would have been happy : but he was not . He wondered ( as thousands in ...
Page vi
... taste , and that those , who are governed by it , may not be discouraged at the very threshold from proceeding farther , is placed first . In most of the larger Poems which follow , his leading de- sign is more explicitly avowed and ...
... taste , and that those , who are governed by it , may not be discouraged at the very threshold from proceeding farther , is placed first . In most of the larger Poems which follow , his leading de- sign is more explicitly avowed and ...
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... taste , His galleries with the works of art well graced , To hear it call'd extravagance and waste ; If these attendants , and if such as these , Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humble and confined the sphere , Happy ...
... taste , His galleries with the works of art well graced , To hear it call'd extravagance and waste ; If these attendants , and if such as these , Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humble and confined the sphere , Happy ...
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... taste Is so refined , and delicate , and chaste , That verse , whatever fire the fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all success depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If sentiment ...
... taste Is so refined , and delicate , and chaste , That verse , whatever fire the fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all success depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If sentiment ...
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... taste : But when the Second Charles assumed the sway , And arts revived beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forced into a curve , The mind , released from too constrain'd a nerve , Flew to its first position with a spring ...
... taste : But when the Second Charles assumed the sway , And arts revived beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forced into a curve , The mind , released from too constrain'd a nerve , Flew to its first position with a spring ...
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