I. Of the nature, use, excellence, rise and progress of poetry, etcCharles Rivington, 1718 |
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... Plays . By CHARLES GILDON , Gent . Why is He honour'd with a Poet's Name , Who neither knows ; nor wou'd obferve a Rule ? VOLUM E. I. LONDON : Rofcom . Printed for Charles Rivington , at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church - yard ...
... Plays . By CHARLES GILDON , Gent . Why is He honour'd with a Poet's Name , Who neither knows ; nor wou'd obferve a Rule ? VOLUM E. I. LONDON : Rofcom . Printed for Charles Rivington , at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church - yard ...
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... Play - Writers be ; and show them what Religious , what Glorious and Magnificent Ufe might be made of Poetry , both in Divine and Human Things . Our Opinions and Aims being fo very dif- ferent , it is no wonder that we purfu'd diffe ...
... Play - Writers be ; and show them what Religious , what Glorious and Magnificent Ufe might be made of Poetry , both in Divine and Human Things . Our Opinions and Aims being fo very dif- ferent , it is no wonder that we purfu'd diffe ...
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... and agreeable from the Republick of Letters . What newa Songs , new Satires , or new Plays have the Mufes be How'd upon us of late , For Business , has made my B Luct fach a Truant to thefe Affairs , that I am INTRODUCTION .
... and agreeable from the Republick of Letters . What newa Songs , new Satires , or new Plays have the Mufes be How'd upon us of late , For Business , has made my B Luct fach a Truant to thefe Affairs , that I am INTRODUCTION .
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... Plays , where he has chofen the fame Subject with those great Poets . A Poet is a much more excellent Thing , than any Franflator can be ; for he that deferves that Name , muft difcover a Supream Judgment and Genius , and fuch great ...
... Plays , where he has chofen the fame Subject with those great Poets . A Poet is a much more excellent Thing , than any Franflator can be ; for he that deferves that Name , muft difcover a Supream Judgment and Genius , and fuch great ...
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... Plays , but a general Butchery and Brothel , where every one is murdered or debauched ? - No Character fo facred , but is there prophaned : And if the Athenians made Kings unfortunate under a Demo-- erafy ; they make them wicked under a ...
... Plays , but a general Butchery and Brothel , where every one is murdered or debauched ? - No Character fo facred , but is there prophaned : And if the Athenians made Kings unfortunate under a Demo-- erafy ; they make them wicked under a ...
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