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... reason ; that , as the main end of poetry is to please , if it did not reach that point ( which it could not do by ftopping ever fo little on this fide excellence ) it was , like indifferent mufic , indifferent perfumes , or any other ...
... reason ; that , as the main end of poetry is to please , if it did not reach that point ( which it could not do by ftopping ever fo little on this fide excellence ) it was , like indifferent mufic , indifferent perfumes , or any other ...
Page 46
... reason , but in prejudice alfo to the fcope and tenor of the poet's fenfe ; in which cafe only I allow myself to de- part from his text . The whole precept , on poetical diftribution , is delivered , as of import- tance : [ Ordinis haec ...
... reason , but in prejudice alfo to the fcope and tenor of the poet's fenfe ; in which cafe only I allow myself to de- part from his text . The whole precept , on poetical diftribution , is delivered , as of import- tance : [ Ordinis haec ...
Page 49
... reason , perhaps , the least popular and moft neglected , of all the poet's works . great 47. DIXERIS EGREGIE , NOTUM SI CALLIDA VERBUM REDDIDERIT JUNCTURA NOVUM . -1 This direction , about disposing of old words in fuch a manner as ...
... reason , perhaps , the least popular and moft neglected , of all the poet's works . great 47. DIXERIS EGREGIE , NOTUM SI CALLIDA VERBUM REDDIDERIT JUNCTURA NOVUM . -1 This direction , about disposing of old words in fuch a manner as ...
Page 56
... reasons , into blowing , See Mr. W.'s note upon the place . This flight change gives propriety and beauty to the paffage , which before had no fort of meaning . Yet ftill all is not quite right . For , as the great Critic himself ...
... reasons , into blowing , See Mr. W.'s note upon the place . This flight change gives propriety and beauty to the paffage , which before had no fort of meaning . Yet ftill all is not quite right . For , as the great Critic himself ...
Page 64
... reason is plainly this . While arts are re- fining or reviving , the greater part are forced , and all are content , to be learners . When they are grown to their usual height , all affect to be teachers . With this affectation , a ...
... reason is plainly this . While arts are re- fining or reviving , the greater part are forced , and all are content , to be learners . When they are grown to their usual height , all affect to be teachers . With this affectation , a ...
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