 For this we may thank Pope ; but unless we could imitate him in the closeness and compactness of his expression, as well as in the smoothness of his numbers, we had better drop the imitation, which serves no other purpose than to emasculate and weaken...  The Portico - Seite 3901817Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 442 Seiten
...serves a dead turkey, when she fastens the legs of it to a post, and draws out all the sinews. For this we may thank Pope ; but unless we could imitate him...write. — Give me a manly, rough line, with a deal of meaning in it, rather than a whole poem full of musical periods, that have nothing but their oily smoothness... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 456 Seiten
...serves a dead turkey, when she fastens the legs of it to a post, and draws out all the sinews. For this we may thank Pope ; but unless we could imitate him...other purpose than to emasculate and weaken all we write.—Give me a manly, rough line, with a deal of meaning in it, rather than a whole poem full of... | |
 | William Hayley - 1803 - 450 Seiten
...serves a dead .turkey, when she fastens the legs of it to a post, and draws out all the sinews. For this we may thank Pope ; but unless we could imitate him...compactness of his expression, as well as in the smoothness o£jfe numbers, we had better drop the imitation, which serves no other purpose than to emasculate... | |
 | 1803 - 748 Seiten
...of his numbers, we had better drop the imitation, which ferves no other purpefe than to emafculate and weaken all we write.— Give me a manly rough line, with a deal of meaning in it, rather than a whole poem full of mufical periods, that have nothing but their oily fmoothnels... | |
 | 1803 - 752 Seiten
...his numbers, we had better drop the imitation, which fervcs no other purpofe than to emafculate ana weaken all we write. Give me a manly, rough line, with a deal of meaning i:i it, rather than a whole potm full of muiical per-ds, that have nothing bin t hi ir oily... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 486 Seiten
...serves a dead turkey, when she fastens the legs of it to a post, and draws out all the sinews. For this we may thank Pope, but unless we could imitate him...write. Give me a manly, rough line, with a deal of meaning in it, rather than a whole poem full of musical periods, that have nothing but their oily smoothness... | |
 | William Hayley - 1806 - 488 Seiten
...serves a dead turkey, when she fastens the legs of it to a post, and draws out all the sinews. For this we may thank Pope, but unless we could imitate him in the closeness and compactness qf his expression, as well as in the smoothness of his numbers, we had better drop the imitation, which... | |
 | William Cowper - 1809 - 472 Seiten
...servesa dead turkey, when she fastens the legs of it to a post, and draws out all the sinews. For this, we may thank Pope, but unless we could imitate him...the imitation, which serves no other purpose than to emascnlate and weaken all we write. Give me a manly, rough line, with a deal of meaning in it, rather... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1812 - 446 Seiten
...serves a dead turkey, when she fastens the legs of it to a post, and draws out all the sinews. For this we may thank Pope; but unless we could imitate him...write. Give me a manly, rough line, with a deal of meaning 232 in it, rather than a whole poem full of musical periods, that have nothing but their oily... | |
 | William Hayley - 1812 - 450 Seiten
...dead turkey, when she fastens the legs of it to a post, and draws out all the sinews. For this Ave may thank Pope; but unless we could imitate him in...write. Give me a manly, rough line, with a deal of meaning 232 in it, rather than a whole poem full of musical periods, that have nothing but their oily... | |
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