...thought of a poet." " Dear Mr. Bickerstaff," says he, shaking me by the hand, " every body knows you to be a judge of these things ; and to tell you truly,...before I sat down to write the sonnet which I have shown you. But you shall hear it again, and pray observe every line of it ; for not one of them shall...

...thought of a poet." " Dear Mr. Bickerstaftj" says he, shaking me by the hand, " every body knows you to be a judge of these things ; and to tell you truly, I read over Roscomrnou's translation of ' Horace's Art of Poetry' three several times, before I sat down to write...

...thought of a poet.' ' Dear Mr. Bickerstaffe, (says he) shaking me by the hand, every body knows you to be a judge of these things; and to tell you truly,...before I sat down to write the sonnet which I have shown you. But you shall hear it again, and pray observe every line of it, for not one of them shall...

...thought of a poet." " Dear Mr. Bickerstaff," says he, shaking me by the hand, " every body knows you to be a judge of these things ; and to tell you truly,...before I sat down to write the sonnet which I have shown you. But you shall hear it again, and pray observe every line of it ; for not one of them shall...

...thought of a poet.' ' Dear Mr. Bickerstaff,' says he, shaking me by the hand, ' every body knows you to be a judge of these things ; and to tell you truly,...shall hear it again, and pray observe every line of it ; fur not one of them shall pass without your approbation. When dress'd in laurel wreaths you shine,...

...thought of a poet." " Dear Mr. Bickerstaff," says he, shaking me by the hand, " every body knows you to be a judge of these things : and to tell you truly,...before I sat down to write the sonnet which I have shown you. But you shall hear it again, and pray observe every line of it; for not one of them shall...

...thought of a poet.' ' Dear Mr. Bickerstaff,' says he, shaking me by the hand, ' every body knows you to be a judge of these things ; and to tell you truly,...before I sat down to write the sonnet which I have shown you. But you shall hear it again, and pray observe every line of it; for not one of them shall...

...an epigram, for so I think you critics call it, as ever entered into the thought of a poet.' ' i)car Mr. BickerstafF,' says he, shaking me by the hand,...judge of these things ; and to tell you truly, I read overRoscommon's translation of ' Horace's Art of Poetry' three several limes, before I sat down to...

...thought of a poet." "Dear Mr. Bickerstaffe, (says he, shaking me by the hand,) every body knows you to be a judge of these things ; and to tell you truly,...before I sat down to write the sonnet which I have shown you. But you shall hear it again, and pray observe every line of it, for not one of them shall...

...thought of a poet.' ' Dear Mr. Bickerstafi'e. (says he) shaking me by the hand, every body knows you to be a judge of these things ; and to tell you truly, I read over Roseommon's translation of Horace's Art of Poetry three several times, before I sat down to write the...