The Romantics Reviewed: Contemporary Reviews of British Romantic Writers. Part A: The Lake Poets - Volume IIDonald H. Reiman First published in 1972, this volume contains contemporary British periodical reviews of the Lake Poets, including Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey and Lamb, in publications from the Edinburgh Review to Variety. Introductions to each periodical provide brief sketches of each publication as well as names, dates and bibliographical information. Headnotes offer bibliographical data of the reviews and suggested approaches to studying them. This book will be of interest to those studying the Romantics and English literature. |
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... less interesting or meritorious ; but it belongs to the public , and not to us , to decide upon their merit , and we will confess , that so strong is our conviction of their obvious inferiori- ty , and the grounds of it , that we are ...
... less interesting or meritorious ; but it belongs to the public , and not to us , to decide upon their merit , and we will confess , that so strong is our conviction of their obvious inferiori- ty , and the grounds of it , that we are ...
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... less boldness of originality , and less even of that extreme simplicity and low- liness of tone which wavered so prettily , in the Lyrical Ballads , between silliness and pathos . We have imitations of Cowper , and even of Milton here ...
... less boldness of originality , and less even of that extreme simplicity and low- liness of tone which wavered so prettily , in the Lyrical Ballads , between silliness and pathos . We have imitations of Cowper , and even of Milton here ...
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... less than the old familiar one , that a firm belief in the providence of a wise and beneficent Being must be our great stay and support under all afflictions and perplexities upon earth - and that there are indications of his power and ...
... less than the old familiar one , that a firm belief in the providence of a wise and beneficent Being must be our great stay and support under all afflictions and perplexities upon earth - and that there are indications of his power and ...
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... less . And , if there be whose tender frames have drooped Even to the dust ; apparently , through weight Of anguish unrelieved , and lack of power An agonizing sorrow to transmute , Infer not hence a hope from those withheld When wanted ...
... less . And , if there be whose tender frames have drooped Even to the dust ; apparently , through weight Of anguish unrelieved , and lack of power An agonizing sorrow to transmute , Infer not hence a hope from those withheld When wanted ...
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... less solid , a proud show Of baby - houses , curiously arranged ; Nor wanting ornament of walks between , With mimic trees inserted in the turf , And gardens interposed . Pleased with the sight , I could not choose but beckon to my ...
... less solid , a proud show Of baby - houses , curiously arranged ; Nor wanting ornament of walks between , With mimic trees inserted in the turf , And gardens interposed . Pleased with the sight , I could not choose but beckon to my ...
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