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... reflexions , and fcrutinizing the peculiar ftate of the Roman ftage ( the methods , which common fenfe and common criticism would prefcribe ) the world hath been naufeated with infipid lectures on Ariftotle and Phalereus ; whofe folid ...
... reflexions , and fcrutinizing the peculiar ftate of the Roman ftage ( the methods , which common fenfe and common criticism would prefcribe ) the world hath been naufeated with infipid lectures on Ariftotle and Phalereus ; whofe folid ...
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... fubject of the epiftle , containing fome general rules and reflexions on poetry , but principally with an eye to the following parts : by - VOL . I. B Which Reddatur formae . Pictoribus atque poetis Quidlibet audendi femper fuit.
... fubject of the epiftle , containing fome general rules and reflexions on poetry , but principally with an eye to the following parts : by - VOL . I. B Which Reddatur formae . Pictoribus atque poetis Quidlibet audendi femper fuit.
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... REFLEXIONS ON POETRY . THE epiftle begins [ to 1. 9 ] with that general and fundamental precept of preferving an unity in the fubject and the difpofition of the piece . This is further explained by defining the ufe , and fixing the cha ...
... REFLEXIONS ON POETRY . THE epiftle begins [ to 1. 9 ] with that general and fundamental precept of preferving an unity in the fubject and the difpofition of the piece . This is further explained by defining the ufe , and fixing the cha ...
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... reflexions concerning poeti- cal diftribution ; principally , as it may be affected by falfe notions , 1. Of poetic licence [ 1. 10 ] and , 2. Of poetic perfection [ 1. 25 ] . But the fame caufes will equally affect the language , as ...
... reflexions concerning poeti- cal diftribution ; principally , as it may be affected by falfe notions , 1. Of poetic licence [ 1. 10 ] and , 2. Of poetic perfection [ 1. 25 ] . But the fame caufes will equally affect the language , as ...
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... reflexions on poetry , at large , he pro- seeds now to particulars : the most obvious of which being the different forms and measures of poetic com- pofition , he confiders , in this view [ from 1. 75 to 86 ] the four great fpecies of ...
... reflexions on poetry , at large , he pro- seeds now to particulars : the most obvious of which being the different forms and measures of poetic com- pofition , he confiders , in this view [ from 1. 75 to 86 ] the four great fpecies of ...
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