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... ancient 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 ...
... ancient 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 ...
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... ancient writers , and the vague , ' ünfteddy nature of language itself . From thefe reflexions on poetry , at large , he pro- seeds now to particulars : the most obvious of which being the different forms and measures of poetic com ...
... ancient writers , and the vague , ' ünfteddy nature of language itself . From thefe reflexions on poetry , at large , he pro- seeds now to particulars : the most obvious of which being the different forms and measures of poetic com ...
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... ancient fame , had fometimes occafioned a boastful and oftentatious beginning , than which nothing can be more offen • five . And , 2. The whole ftory being compofed of great and striking particulars , injudicious writers , for fear of ...
... ancient fame , had fometimes occafioned a boastful and oftentatious beginning , than which nothing can be more offen • five . And , 2. The whole ftory being compofed of great and striking particulars , injudicious writers , for fear of ...
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... ancient ho- This encomium , befides its great usefulness in invigorating the mind of the poet , has this further view , to recommend and revive , together with its ho- nours , the office of ancient poefy ; which was em- ployed about the ...
... ancient ho- This encomium , befides its great usefulness in invigorating the mind of the poet , has this further view , to recommend and revive , together with its ho- nours , the office of ancient poefy ; which was em- ployed about the ...
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... ancient criticism . " Audendum tamen ; namque , ut ait Cicero , etiam quæ primò dura visa sunt , ufu molliuntur . " Quinctil . 1. i . c . 5 . 70. MULTA RENASCENTUR , QUAE JAM CECIDERE . ] This revival of old words is one of those ...
... ancient criticism . " Audendum tamen ; namque , ut ait Cicero , etiam quæ primò dura visa sunt , ufu molliuntur . " Quinctil . 1. i . c . 5 . 70. MULTA RENASCENTUR , QUAE JAM CECIDERE . ] This revival of old words is one of those ...
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