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Page ix
... Greek critics , whom he pro- " bably never thought of ; nor to amufe himself " With compofing a fhort critical system , for " the general use of poets , which every line of " it abfolutely confutes ; but , fimply to criticize " the ...
... Greek critics , whom he pro- " bably never thought of ; nor to amufe himself " With compofing a fhort critical system , for " the general use of poets , which every line of " it abfolutely confutes ; but , fimply to criticize " the ...
Page xi
... Greek extraction : naturally arifing from the plaintive , querulous humour of mankind ; which , under the preffure of any grief , is impatient to break forth into wailings , and tender expoftulations , and finds a kind of relief in ...
... Greek extraction : naturally arifing from the plaintive , querulous humour of mankind ; which , under the preffure of any grief , is impatient to break forth into wailings , and tender expoftulations , and finds a kind of relief in ...
Page 7
... Greek , already known , and approved . Andy to obviate the prejudices of over - fcrupulous critics on this head , he goes on [ from 1. 54 to 1. 73 ] in a vein . of popular illustration , to alledge , in favour of this li B 4 berty 60 ...
... Greek , already known , and approved . Andy to obviate the prejudices of over - fcrupulous critics on this head , he goes on [ from 1. 54 to 1. 73 ] in a vein . of popular illustration , to alledge , in favour of this li B 4 berty 60 ...
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... Greek tragedy and comedy ; which was artfully con- trived to infinuate the defective state of the Roman drama , and to admonish his countrymen , how far they had gone , and what yet remained to complete it . And hence with the advantage ...
... Greek tragedy and comedy ; which was artfully con- trived to infinuate the defective state of the Roman drama , and to admonish his countrymen , how far they had gone , and what yet remained to complete it . And hence with the advantage ...
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... Greek writers , to have been the low and illiberal education of the Roman youth ; who , while the Grecks were taught to open all their mind to glory , were cramped in their genius by the ruft of gain , and , by the early infufion of ...
... Greek writers , to have been the low and illiberal education of the Roman youth ; who , while the Grecks were taught to open all their mind to glory , were cramped in their genius by the ruft of gain , and , by the early infufion of ...
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