I. Of the nature, use, excellence, rise and progress of poetry, etcCharles Rivington, 1718 |
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... follow'd by the Critical Wri- ters . For he has brought the three Systems of Aftronomy by a pleafing and familiar Drefs to the Capacity of a Lady , who had not any Learning , and nothing but good Senfe to direct her . I have endeavor'd ...
... follow'd by the Critical Wri- ters . For he has brought the three Systems of Aftronomy by a pleafing and familiar Drefs to the Capacity of a Lady , who had not any Learning , and nothing but good Senfe to direct her . I have endeavor'd ...
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... follow him not , when of all his Lift of Names I have fcarce med- led with above four . " " 1 This Gentleman indeed , and I are of quite a different Opinion of Poetry , he tells us in his Preface . For upon the whole Matter ( fays he ) ...
... follow him not , when of all his Lift of Names I have fcarce med- led with above four . " " 1 This Gentleman indeed , and I are of quite a different Opinion of Poetry , he tells us in his Preface . For upon the whole Matter ( fays he ) ...
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... follow- ed as propofed .. But can any thing oppofe these Rules , this merci- ful Defign of our Comfort and Felicity , more than the Art ( if you will have it called fo ) of Poetry ; for this debauches Mankind , deftroying his Vertue and ...
... follow- ed as propofed .. But can any thing oppofe these Rules , this merci- ful Defign of our Comfort and Felicity , more than the Art ( if you will have it called fo ) of Poetry ; for this debauches Mankind , deftroying his Vertue and ...
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... follow'd , there would be no Need of any other Help to our Inftruction or Conduct . But in an Age when thofe Divine Doctrines have not all that Influ ence which they ought to have : Nay , when Men are fo cold too , and fo negligent of ...
... follow'd , there would be no Need of any other Help to our Inftruction or Conduct . But in an Age when thofe Divine Doctrines have not all that Influ ence which they ought to have : Nay , when Men are fo cold too , and fo negligent of ...
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... follow Nature there- in , fays he , and thou canst not err . The Grammarian teaches the Rules of Speech ; and the Rhetorician , and Logician , confider what will fooneft move , and per fuade , of all which they give us artificial Rules ...
... follow Nature there- in , fays he , and thou canst not err . The Grammarian teaches the Rules of Speech ; and the Rhetorician , and Logician , confider what will fooneft move , and per fuade , of all which they give us artificial Rules ...
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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