I. Of the nature, use, excellence, rise and progress of poetry, etcCharles Rivington, 1718 |
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... felf is but a meer Trifle below a ferious Thought , which has drawn Diffuafives from our Study of it , from fo great and judicious a Perfon as Mr. Lock in his Difcourfe of Edu- cation . So different was his Opinion from that of ...
... felf is but a meer Trifle below a ferious Thought , which has drawn Diffuafives from our Study of it , from fo great and judicious a Perfon as Mr. Lock in his Difcourfe of Edu- cation . So different was his Opinion from that of ...
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... felf , that Mfr . Rapin wou'd not think liable to his Refentments . The familiar and intelligible Manner in which , by thefe Means , Criticism has , at laft , had the good Fortune to be treated , I am confident , will not be ...
... felf , that Mfr . Rapin wou'd not think liable to his Refentments . The familiar and intelligible Manner in which , by thefe Means , Criticism has , at laft , had the good Fortune to be treated , I am confident , will not be ...
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... felf ; and if there be any Defect in what I thus convey to you , affure your felf , it is mine , and not the Lady's , About a Month ago , I went to dine with Laudon ; Lut tho ' I came when Dinner was near over , yet , to my Satisfaction ...
... felf ; and if there be any Defect in what I thus convey to you , affure your felf , it is mine , and not the Lady's , About a Month ago , I went to dine with Laudon ; Lut tho ' I came when Dinner was near over , yet , to my Satisfaction ...
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... felf with a Glafs or two of generous Wine , Laudon renewing his Demands . Why truly ( faid I ) the abundance of News , in State Affairs , has made it very fcarce in Parnaffus ;, the Mountains of Scotland have engrofs'd the Talk of the ...
... felf with a Glafs or two of generous Wine , Laudon renewing his Demands . Why truly ( faid I ) the abundance of News , in State Affairs , has made it very fcarce in Parnaffus ;, the Mountains of Scotland have engrofs'd the Talk of the ...
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... felf that the whole Poem is of a Piece ; but when you come near , and view it more closely , you find it a wretched Medly of incoherent Patches of Velvet , Linfey - Woolfey , and fometimes Cloth of Gold , but feldom any Thing fo ...
... felf that the whole Poem is of a Piece ; but when you come near , and view it more closely , you find it a wretched Medly of incoherent Patches of Velvet , Linfey - Woolfey , and fometimes Cloth of Gold , but feldom any Thing fo ...
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abfurd Action admirable affum'd againſt agreeable almoft Antients Ariftotle Art of Poetry Author Beauty becauſe beft Boileau Caufe Comedy confefs Confequence confifts cou'd Defign Defire Difcourfe difcover Effay English Epigram Euripides Excellence Expreffion Fable faid falfe fame feems felf feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes fpeak ftill fuch fufficient fure Genius give greateſt Greek Heroic Poem Hiftory himſelf Homer Horace Ibid Imitation Inftruction Judgment juft King Ladies laft Laudon leaft leaſt lefs Love Mafter Manilia Manners Meaſure moft Morifina moſt Mufe Mufic muft muſt Nature neceffary never Numbers obferve Paffions perfect Perfon Philofopher Pindar Plato pleafe pleaſe Pleaſure Poefy Poet Poetical Praife Praiſe prefent produc'd Profe Reafon reft Rules Senfe Sophocles Tafte Tatler thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou Tragedy Underſtanding uſe Verfe Verſe Virgil Virtue whofe Words World wou'd write