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" He seems to have been, at least among us, the author of a species of composition that may be denominated local poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape, to be poetically described with the addition of such embellishments as... "
Clyde, a Descriptive Poem - Page 30
by John Wilson, John Leyden - 1859 - 120 pages
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An excursion to Windsor, in July 1810. Also A sail down the river Medway ...

John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...of a species of composition that may be denominated local poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape to be poetically described,...historical retrospection or incidental meditation. He is one of those writers that improved our taste and advanced our language, and whom we ought, therefore,...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 6

Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 pages
...of a species of composition that may be denominated local poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape, to be poetically described,...historical retrospection or incidental meditation. To trace a new scheme of poetry has in itself a very high claim to praise, and its praise is yet more...
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Cornubia: a poem

George Woodley - 1819 - 206 pages
...Williams, Ditto. Mr. W. Whitford, Ditto. " The fundamental subject of local poetry," says Dr. Johnson, " is some particular landscape, to be poetically described,...historical retrospection or incidental meditation." Under a perfect coincidence of opinion with our great Critic, the following poem was written ; and...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 pages
...of a species of composition that may be denominated local poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape, to be poetically described...historical retrospection or incidental meditation. To trace a new scheme of poetry has in itself a very high claim to praise ; and its praise is yet more...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 476 pages
...of_a species of comgosition that may be denominated, local poetry^ of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape, to be poetically described,...historical retrospection or incidental meditation. To trace a new scheme of poetry has in itself a very high claim to praise, and its praise is yet more...
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Excursions in the County of Surrey: Comprising Brief Historical and ...

Thomas Cromwell - 1821 - 314 pages
...inventor of a species of composition that may be termed local poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape, to be poetically described,...historical retrospection, or incidental meditation. To trace a new species of poetry has in itself a very high claim to praise; and its praise is yet more,...
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Excursions in the county of Surrey [by T.K. Cromwell. With an additional ...

Thomas Kitson Cromwell - 1821 - 300 pages
...inventor of a species of composition that may be termed local poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape, to be poetically described,...historical retrospection, or incidental meditation. To trace a new species of poetry has in itself a very high claim to praise; and its praise is yet more,...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 pages
...of a species of composition that may be denominated Local Poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape, to be poetically described,...historical retrospection, or incidental meditation. Cooper's Hill, if it be maliciously inspected, will not be found without its faults ; the digressions...
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Clontarf, a Poem

William Hamilton Drummond - 1822 - 112 pages
...closely with Johnson's description of local poetry, — " The fundamental subject of which," he says, " is some particular landscape to be poetically described,...historical retrospection or incidental meditation.'' Helicon and Parnassus had been repeatedly celebrated by the muse before Cooper's hill ; — and. Denham...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 pages
...of a species of composition that may be denominated Local Poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape, to be poetically described,...historical retrospection, or incidental meditation. Cooper's Hill, if it be maliciously inspected, will not be found without its faults ; the digressions...
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