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Page ix
... genius , and diftress the learning , of any commentator . The one of these respects the SUBJECT ; the other , the METHOD of the Art of Poetry . It will be neceffary to fay fomething upon each . 1. That the Art of Poetry , at large , is ...
... genius , and diftress the learning , of any commentator . The one of these respects the SUBJECT ; the other , the METHOD of the Art of Poetry . It will be neceffary to fay fomething upon each . 1. That the Art of Poetry , at large , is ...
Page ix
... genius , which is required to dif embarrass an involved fubject , and all the aids of learning , that can lend a ray to enlighten a dark one , have , notwithstanding , found them- felves utterly unable to unfold the order of this ...
... genius , which is required to dif embarrass an involved fubject , and all the aids of learning , that can lend a ray to enlighten a dark one , have , notwithstanding , found them- felves utterly unable to unfold the order of this ...
Page ix
... genius is averfe from all constraint of order , fave that only which a natural , fuc- ceffive train of thinking unavoidably draws along with it . And this , by the way , accounts for the dialogue air , fo frequent in the Roman fa- tire ...
... genius is averfe from all constraint of order , fave that only which a natural , fuc- ceffive train of thinking unavoidably draws along with it . And this , by the way , accounts for the dialogue air , fo frequent in the Roman fa- tire ...
Page xiii
... genius hath been observed , and is well known . How far the latter defcription agrees to HORACE , can be no fecret to those of his readers who have any share , or conception , of these talents them- felves . But matter , of this nicer ...
... genius hath been observed , and is well known . How far the latter defcription agrees to HORACE , can be no fecret to those of his readers who have any share , or conception , of these talents them- felves . But matter , of this nicer ...
Page xiv
... genius of this kind required . This , laftly , fhould have prevented those , who have taken upon themselves to criticize the art of poetry by the laws of this poem , from concealing [ e ] J. Scaliger fays , Epiflolas , Græcorum more ...
... genius of this kind required . This , laftly , fhould have prevented those , who have taken upon themselves to criticize the art of poetry by the laws of this poem , from concealing [ e ] J. Scaliger fays , Epiflolas , Græcorum more ...
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