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...observed in any manner which untutored Nature can produce. This sentiment is well expressed by the poet : But ease in writing flows from art, not chance ; As those move easiest who have learnt to dance *. True ease in composition, accompanied with purity, differs as much from that homely...

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...vigour of a line, WThere Denham's strength, and Waller's sweetness join True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense ; Soft is the...

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...vulgar idiom. Most writers who affect case and familiarity in writing, are apt to slide into it : " But ease in writing flows from art, not chance, " As those move easiest who have Icarn'd to dance.'' 4th. That ambiguity, as well as inaccuracy, is not uncommonly the effect of introducing...

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