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Page ix
... further . For conceiv- ing , as they did , that the whole had been com- pofed out of the Greek critics , the labour and ingenuity of its interpreters have been mifem- ployed in picking out authorities , which were not wanted , and in ...
... further . For conceiv- ing , as they did , that the whole had been com- pofed out of the Greek critics , the labour and ingenuity of its interpreters have been mifem- ployed in picking out authorities , which were not wanted , and in ...
Page xii
... Further than this it is not material to my pre- fent defign to pursue this fubject . More exact ideas of the form and conftitution of this epiftle , must be fought in that beft example of it , the natural Roman poet . It may only be ...
... Further than this it is not material to my pre- fent defign to pursue this fubject . More exact ideas of the form and conftitution of this epiftle , must be fought in that beft example of it , the natural Roman poet . It may only be ...
Page 2
... the piece . This is further explained by defining the ufe , and fixing the cha- racter , of poetic licence [ from 1. 9 to 13 ] which unskil- ful 15 Serpentes avibus geminentur , tigribus agni . Inceptis gravibus 2. Q HORATII FLACCI.
... the piece . This is further explained by defining the ufe , and fixing the cha- racter , of poetic licence [ from 1. 9 to 13 ] which unskil- ful 15 Serpentes avibus geminentur , tigribus agni . Inceptis gravibus 2. Q HORATII FLACCI.
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... further advantages [ 1.41 ] . 1. That he cannot be wanting in a proper fund of matter , wherewith to inlarge under every head ; nor , 2. can he fail , by fuch a well - weighed choice , to difpofe of his fubject in the best and most ...
... further advantages [ 1.41 ] . 1. That he cannot be wanting in a proper fund of matter , wherewith to inlarge under every head ; nor , 2. can he fail , by fuch a well - weighed choice , to difpofe of his fubject in the best and most ...
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... further view in chufing this instance . For he gets by this means into the main of his fubject , which was dra- matic poetry , and by the most delicate tranfition ima- ginable , proceeds [ from 1. 89 to 323 ] to deliver a feries of ...
... further view in chufing this instance . For he gets by this means into the main of his fubject , which was dra- matic poetry , and by the most delicate tranfition ima- ginable , proceeds [ from 1. 89 to 323 ] to deliver a feries of ...
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