I. Of the nature, use, excellence, rise and progress of poetry, etcCharles Rivington, 1718 |
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... himself has with so much Juftice made English Claffics , will be admitted as undoubted Judges . - Mr. Dryden in his Preface to his Fables , the laft and perhaps the best of his Works , has thefe Words , Mr. Hobbs , I fay , be- gins the ...
... himself has with so much Juftice made English Claffics , will be admitted as undoubted Judges . - Mr. Dryden in his Preface to his Fables , the laft and perhaps the best of his Works , has thefe Words , Mr. Hobbs , I fay , be- gins the ...
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... himself , by his fine Parts , Appli- cation , and Largenefs of Soul , that it is fearce a Me- taphor to call it a Mountain , and fuch a Mountain , as with Olympus of old , reaches up to the very Skies themselves . יד The Perfon of ...
... himself , by his fine Parts , Appli- cation , and Largenefs of Soul , that it is fearce a Me- taphor to call it a Mountain , and fuch a Mountain , as with Olympus of old , reaches up to the very Skies themselves . יד The Perfon of ...
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... himself vanquish by the Reafons of his Opponent . His Temper is neither profufe , nor penurious ; he fteers moft judiciously between those two Shelves of Reputation , in the middle Stream of a juft Generofi- ty . He first chufes an ...
... himself vanquish by the Reafons of his Opponent . His Temper is neither profufe , nor penurious ; he fteers moft judiciously between those two Shelves of Reputation , in the middle Stream of a juft Generofi- ty . He first chufes an ...
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... himself cou'd not afpire to . Yet has he had an University Education ; has not only read the Antients , but repeats perpetually ( out of his Lady's Company ) Virgit and Horace . But the fame is the Fate of feveral of our Acquaintance ...
... himself cou'd not afpire to . Yet has he had an University Education ; has not only read the Antients , but repeats perpetually ( out of his Lady's Company ) Virgit and Horace . But the fame is the Fate of feveral of our Acquaintance ...
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... himself , and view the Order , Ufe , and Difpofition of his Parts , all either depending on one another , or adapted to the Prefervation , or Ease of the Whole ? 7 But if again we raise our Thoughts from the mira- dulous Operations of ...
... himself , and view the Order , Ufe , and Difpofition of his Parts , all either depending on one another , or adapted to the Prefervation , or Ease of the Whole ? 7 But if again we raise our Thoughts from the mira- dulous Operations of ...
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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