Studies in the Literature of the Augustan Age: Essays Collected in Honor of Arthur Ellicott CaseRichard Charles Boys |
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... rules of epic construction by reason ; he is satis- fied that they are correct , because they have been propounded by great critics . It is useless , he declares , for him to censure modern epics , for whoever will be at the Pains to ...
... rules of epic construction by reason ; he is satis- fied that they are correct , because they have been propounded by great critics . It is useless , he declares , for him to censure modern epics , for whoever will be at the Pains to ...
Page 294
... rules of art . When the question of Homer's knowledge of rules is proposed , Gildon can only answer that his belief is that the poet proposed rules to himself.48 Three years after making these statements Gildon is still wor- ried about ...
... rules of art . When the question of Homer's knowledge of rules is proposed , Gildon can only answer that his belief is that the poet proposed rules to himself.48 Three years after making these statements Gildon is still wor- ried about ...
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... rules . Even those who showed themselves friendly to them were careful to qualify their statements . Thus Joseph Warton could accept some of the rules for the epic , but he could also reject others as completely usẹ- less ; and Belsham ...
... rules . Even those who showed themselves friendly to them were careful to qualify their statements . Thus Joseph Warton could accept some of the rules for the epic , but he could also reject others as completely usẹ- less ; and Belsham ...
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