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... whole had been com- pofed out of the Greek critics , the labour and ingenuity of its interpreters have been mifem- ployed in picking out authorities , which were not wanted , and in producing , or , more properly , by their ftudied ...
... whole had been com- pofed out of the Greek critics , the labour and ingenuity of its interpreters have been mifem- ployed in picking out authorities , which were not wanted , and in producing , or , more properly , by their ftudied ...
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... whole piece , notwithstanding that the address of the poet , and the delicacy of the subject , may fometimes lead him through a devious tract to it . Had his interpreters attended to this prac- tice , fo confonant to the rule of nature ...
... whole piece , notwithstanding that the address of the poet , and the delicacy of the subject , may fometimes lead him through a devious tract to it . Had his interpreters attended to this prac- tice , fo confonant to the rule of nature ...
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... whole , or of fuch particulars , as are fufceptible of real beauty . For not the affectation of fuperior excellencies only , but even In vitium ducit culpae fuga , fi caret arte . This is aptly illuftrated by the cafe of a fculptor . An ...
... whole , or of fuch particulars , as are fufceptible of real beauty . For not the affectation of fuperior excellencies only , but even In vitium ducit culpae fuga , fi caret arte . This is aptly illuftrated by the cafe of a fculptor . An ...
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... whole affair of fervile imitation at once , and therefore [ to l . 136 ] includes fubjects , as well as characters . But this very advice , about taking the subjects and characters from the epic poets , might be apt to lead into two ...
... whole affair of fervile imitation at once , and therefore [ to l . 136 ] includes fubjects , as well as characters . But this very advice , about taking the subjects and characters from the epic poets , might be apt to lead into two ...
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... whole ftory being compofed of great and striking particulars , injudicious writers , for fear of lofing any part of it , which might fèrve to adorn their work , had been led to follow the round of plain hiftoric order , and so had made ...
... whole ftory being compofed of great and striking particulars , injudicious writers , for fear of lofing any part of it , which might fèrve to adorn their work , had been led to follow the round of plain hiftoric order , and so had made ...
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