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Page ix
... the firft fame for cri- tical learning , had been before him in this at- tempt . Yet he did not find himself prevented by their labours ; in which , befides innumerable VOL . I. leffer A leffer faults , he , more especially , observed two.
... the firft fame for cri- tical learning , had been before him in this at- tempt . Yet he did not find himself prevented by their labours ; in which , befides innumerable VOL . I. leffer A leffer faults , he , more especially , observed two.
Page ix
Horace. leffer faults , he , more especially , observed two inveterate errors , of fuch a fort , as muft needs perplex the genius , and diftress the learning , of any commentator . The one of these respects the SUBJECT ; the other , the ...
Horace. leffer faults , he , more especially , observed two inveterate errors , of fuch a fort , as muft needs perplex the genius , and diftress the learning , of any commentator . The one of these respects the SUBJECT ; the other , the ...
Page xii
... 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 heart , it can only do this by means of an exquifite fenfi- bility of nature and ...
... 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 heart , it can only do this by means of an exquifite fenfi- bility of nature and ...
Page xiii
... 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 kind are pro ...
... 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 kind are pro ...
Page xv
... observed and drawn out in the notes . For the kind of interpretation itself , it 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 ...
... observed and drawn out in the notes . For the kind of interpretation itself , it 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 ...
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