"BLANK-VERSE, n. Unrhymed iambic pentameters -- the most difficult kind of English verse to write acceptably; a kind, …"

"I will venture to assert, that a just translation of any ancient poet in rhyme is impossible. No human ingenuity can …"

"He that thinks himself capable of astonishing may write blank verse: but those that hope only to please must condesce…"

"Blank verse seems to be verse only to the eye."

"Rhyme is no necessary adjunct of true poetry."

"As it is generally seen, blank verse seems to be only a laborious and doubtful struggle to escape from the fangs of p…"

"If some gentlemen are resolved that blank verse shall be prose, they have my free leave to enjoy their saying, provid…"

"Though fairy-stories are of course by no means the only medium of Escape, they are today one of the most obvious and …"

"When the seas of life get rough, some readers look for escape, while others dive right in. So it is , when many book …"

"People who read tend to commit fewer s, I guess. I think that one of the reasons for that isn’t just that they’re bri…"