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Page ix
... must finally submit . But the more unqueftioned the credit of this poem is , the more it will concern the public , that it be justly and accurately understood . The writer of these fheets then believed it might be of use , if he took ...
... must finally submit . But the more unqueftioned the credit of this poem is , the more it will concern the public , that it be justly and accurately understood . The writer of these fheets then believed it might be of use , if he took ...
Page xii
... must be fought in that beft example of it , the natural Roman poet . It may only be observed of the different qualities , neceffary to those , who afpire to excel in thefe two fpecies ; that , as the one would make an impreffion on the ...
... must be fought in that beft example of it , the natural Roman poet . It may only be observed of the different qualities , neceffary to those , who afpire to excel in thefe two fpecies ; that , as the one would make an impreffion on the ...
Page xv
... must be allowed , of all others , the fitteft to throw light upon a difficult and obfcure fubject , and , above all , to convey an exact idea of the scope and order of any work . It hath , accordingly , been fo confidered by feveral of ...
... must be allowed , of all others , the fitteft to throw light upon a difficult and obfcure fubject , and , above all , to convey an exact idea of the scope and order of any work . It hath , accordingly , been fo confidered by feveral of ...
Page 15
... must be conftantly . had in the draught of every character , it well deferved a feparate confideration .. III . These inftructions , which , in fome degree , re- spect all kinds of poetry , being difmiffed ; he now delivers fome rules ...
... must be conftantly . had in the draught of every character , it well deferved a feparate confideration .. III . These inftructions , which , in fome degree , re- spect all kinds of poetry , being difmiffed ; he now delivers fome rules ...
Page 27
... . 341 to 347 ] must concur in a just piece . But here the bad poet objects the difficulty of the terms , impofed upon him , and that , if the critic looked Sunt delicta tamen , quibus ignoviffe velimus : Nam neque ARS POETICA . 27.
... . 341 to 347 ] must concur in a just piece . But here the bad poet objects the difficulty of the terms , impofed upon him , and that , if the critic looked Sunt delicta tamen , quibus ignoviffe velimus : Nam neque ARS POETICA . 27.
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