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Page 44
... case of statuary ; but it holds of every other art , that hath a whole for its object . Nicias , the painter , used to fay [ a ] , " That the fubject was to him , what the fable is to the poet . " Which is just the fen- timent of Horace ...
... case of statuary ; but it holds of every other art , that hath a whole for its object . Nicias , the painter , used to fay [ a ] , " That the fubject was to him , what the fable is to the poet . " Which is just the fen- timent of Horace ...
Page 83
... case of these apes when the apples were thrown before them ) this artificial difcipline is all fhaken off , and we return again to the free and ferocious ftate of nature . And what is the expreffion of that state ? It is ( as we ...
... case of these apes when the apples were thrown before them ) this artificial difcipline is all fhaken off , and we return again to the free and ferocious ftate of nature . And what is the expreffion of that state ? It is ( as we ...
Page 182
... case of tragedy , brings him round again o his subject , the tragic chorus ; to which alone , s hath been obferved , the two laft lines refer . This too is the finest preparation of what fol- WS . For to have paffed on directly from the ...
... case of tragedy , brings him round again o his subject , the tragic chorus ; to which alone , s hath been obferved , the two laft lines refer . This too is the finest preparation of what fol- WS . For to have paffed on directly from the ...
Page 217
... by the neceffary influence of abfolute power , fucceeded to the li- berty of their old oratory , was fully reconciled to the delicacy and ftrict decorum of Menander's wit . Even the case of Terence , which , wit . ART OF POETRY . 217.
... by the neceffary influence of abfolute power , fucceeded to the li- berty of their old oratory , was fully reconciled to the delicacy and ftrict decorum of Menander's wit . Even the case of Terence , which , wit . ART OF POETRY . 217.
Page 218
Horace. wit . Even the case of Terence , which , at first fight , might seem to bear hard against it , con- firms this account . This poet , ftruck with the fupreme elegance of Menander's manner , and attempting too foon , before the ...
Horace. wit . Even the case of Terence , which , at first fight , might seem to bear hard against it , con- firms this account . This poet , ftruck with the fupreme elegance of Menander's manner , and attempting too foon , before the ...
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