I. Of the nature, use, excellence, rise and progress of poetry, etcCharles Rivington, 1718 |
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... Heads propofed by me for this Preface , I find I am oblig'd to add fomething more on Account of another Book in our Tongue , which at first View may feem to be of the fame Na- ture , and that is Mr. Byfshe's Art of English Poetry , with ...
... Heads propofed by me for this Preface , I find I am oblig'd to add fomething more on Account of another Book in our Tongue , which at first View may feem to be of the fame Na- ture , and that is Mr. Byfshe's Art of English Poetry , with ...
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... Head , in his first Effay , are very well grounded ; unless we will fup pofe Homer to have been divinely infpired with Knowledge in an Age of Univerfal Ignorance . Can we fuppofe that the very repeating the Verses of Turipides , cou'd ...
... Head , in his first Effay , are very well grounded ; unless we will fup pofe Homer to have been divinely infpired with Knowledge in an Age of Univerfal Ignorance . Can we fuppofe that the very repeating the Verses of Turipides , cou'd ...
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... Heads are fo full of foolish Points , quaint Ex- preflions , and Jingle of Sounds , that there is no Room left in them for Prudence , Reafon , and a ne- ceffary Care of themselves . ... Custom has indeed fix'd the Poets in the Schools ...
... Heads are fo full of foolish Points , quaint Ex- preflions , and Jingle of Sounds , that there is no Room left in them for Prudence , Reafon , and a ne- ceffary Care of themselves . ... Custom has indeed fix'd the Poets in the Schools ...
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... Head of Dramatic Poefy . I know not whether we have any Eye and Infpe- ction on the Conduct of the Pulpit ; but there is in fome of our neighbouring Countries , and I can fee no Reason why there might not be proper Officers , fuch as Mr ...
... Head of Dramatic Poefy . I know not whether we have any Eye and Infpe- ction on the Conduct of the Pulpit ; but there is in fome of our neighbouring Countries , and I can fee no Reason why there might not be proper Officers , fuch as Mr ...
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... Heads , or ever to escape the fpecial Eye , and Direction of a virtuous Government ; fince it might otherwife fo far degenerate ( not to fay it has fo far degenerated ) as to deferve the Afperfions and ill Names , under which the ...
... Heads , or ever to escape the fpecial Eye , and Direction of a virtuous Government ; fince it might otherwife fo far degenerate ( not to fay it has fo far degenerated ) as to deferve the Afperfions and ill Names , under which the ...
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