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Page ix
... matter being per- mitted only to the familiar letter . And , 2. not profeffing formally to inftruct ( which alone ... matters . addreffing his friend on the object of his studies , he fays , i five In Liventem fatiram nigra rubigine ...
... matter being per- mitted only to the familiar letter . And , 2. not profeffing formally to inftruct ( which alone ... matters . addreffing his friend on the object of his studies , he fays , i five In Liventem fatiram nigra rubigine ...
Page xiii
... matter , of this nicer kind are pro- perly the objects , not of criticism , but of fenti- ment . Let it fuffice then to examine the poet's practice , so far only , as we are enabled to judge of it by the ftandard of the preceding rules ...
... matter , of this nicer kind are pro- perly the objects , not of criticism , but of fenti- ment . Let it fuffice then to examine the poet's practice , so far only , as we are enabled to judge of it by the ftandard of the preceding rules ...
Page 6
... 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 convenient method . Efpecially , as to the latter , which is the principal benefit ...
... 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 convenient method . Efpecially , as to the latter , which is the principal benefit ...
Page 50
... matter of much nicety , I had rather you would contrive to " employ known words in fuch a way as to give " them the effect of new ones . It is true , new " words may fometimes be neceffary : And if " fo , " & c . Whence we fee that the ...
... matter of much nicety , I had rather you would contrive to " employ known words in fuch a way as to give " them the effect of new ones . It is true , new " words may fometimes be neceffary : And if " fo , " & c . Whence we fee that the ...
Page 51
... matter of a poem , analogous to this concerning the language of it . Ex noto fictum carmen fequar tantum feries juncturaque pollet .. 1. 242 . Does he mean the joining two fubjects together and combining them into one , fo as that the ...
... matter of a poem , analogous to this concerning the language of it . Ex noto fictum carmen fequar tantum feries juncturaque pollet .. 1. 242 . Does he mean the joining two fubjects together and combining them into one , fo as that the ...
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