 | English poets - 1801 - 444 pages
...ease in every " mode of composition. His hymns, and his bal" lads, have the same degree of merit : and whether " his subject be the life of a hermit or a hero ; of " St. Austin, or Guy earl of Warwick ; ludicrous " or legendary ; religious or romantic ; a history... | |
 | George Ellis - 1811 - 464 pages
...ease in every " mode of composition. His hymns and his bal" lads have the same degree of merit: and whether *' his subject be the life of a hermit or a hero, of " Saint Austin or Guy Earl of Warwick, ludicrous " or legendary, religious or romantic, a history... | |
 | Acton Frederick Griffiths - 1815 - 628 pages
...equal ease in every mode of composition. His hymns and his ballads have the same degree of merit : and whether his subject be the life of a hermit or a hero, of saint Austin or Guy earl of Warwick, ludicrous or legendary, religious or romantic, a history or... | |
 | Longman (Firm), Thomas Park - 1815 - 481 pages
...equal ease in every mode of composition. His hymns and his ballads have the same degree of merit : and whether his subject be the life of a hermit or a hero, of saint Austin or Guy earl of Warwick, ludicrous or legendary, religious or romantic, a history or... | |
 | Charles O'Conor - 1818 - 534 pages
...reader; that to enumerate his various pieces, would be to give a catalogue of a little library ; that no Poet seems to have possessed greater versatility of...moves with equal ease in every mode of composition. His muse was of universal access; he was not only the Poet of his Monastery of Bury, but of the world... | |
 | James Ford - 1818 - 430 pages
...equal case in every mode of composition. His hymns and his ballads have the same degree of merit : and whether his subject be the life of a hermit or a hero, of St. Austin or Guy Earl of Warwick, ludicrous or legendary, religious or romantic, a history or an... | |
 | J. S. Forsyth - 1825 - 430 pages
...equal ease in every mode of composition. His hymns and his ballads have the same degree of merit ; and whether his subject be the life of a hermit or a hero, of St. Austin or Guy of Warwick, ludicrous or legendary, a history or an allegory, he writes with ease... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1840 - 600 pages
...ease in every mode of composition. His hymns, and his ballads, have the same degree of merit : and whether his subject be the life of a hermit or a hero, of saint Austin or Guy earl of Warwick, ludicrous or legendary, religious or romantic, a history or... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1844 - 252 pages
...equal ease in every mode of composition. His hymns and Ids ballads have the same degree of merit : and whether his subject be the life of a hermit or a hero, of Saint Austin or Guy Earl of Warwick, ludicrous or legendary, religious or romantic, a history or... | |
 | Stowe Bucks - 1849 - 312 pages
...: that to enumerate his various pieces, would be to give a catalogue of a little Library ; that no poet seems to have possessed greater versatility of talents, and that whether his subjects be the life of a hermit or a hero, ludicrous or legendary, religious or romantic, he moves... | |
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Austin or Guy earl of Warwick, ludicrous or legendary, religious or romantic, a history or an allegory, he writes with facility. His transitions were rapid from works of the most serious and laborious kind to sallies of levity and pieces of popular entertainment.... 
