The Works of the English Poets, Volume 19J. Rivington, 1779 - 366 pages |
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Page 95
... verfe , nor choice of words , nor diftinction of thoughts ; but mingle farthings with their gold to make up the fum . Here is a field of fatire opened to me : but , fince the Revolu- tion , I have wholly renounced that talent . For who ...
... verfe , nor choice of words , nor diftinction of thoughts ; but mingle farthings with their gold to make up the fum . Here is a field of fatire opened to me : but , fince the Revolu- tion , I have wholly renounced that talent . For who ...
Page 109
... that he will never defame the good ; and is armed with the power of verfe , to punish and make examples of the bad . But of this I fhall have occasion to speak further , further , when I come to give the definition and DEDICATION . 109.
... that he will never defame the good ; and is armed with the power of verfe , to punish and make examples of the bad . But of this I fhall have occasion to speak further , further , when I come to give the definition and DEDICATION . 109.
Page 115
... Verfe , in his Epifodes of Sophro- nia , Erminia , and Armida ; his story is not fo pleafing as Ariofto's ; he is too flatulent sometimes , and some- times too dry ; many times unequal , and almost always forced ; and befides , is full ...
... Verfe , in his Epifodes of Sophro- nia , Erminia , and Armida ; his story is not fo pleafing as Ariofto's ; he is too flatulent sometimes , and some- times too dry ; many times unequal , and almost always forced ; and befides , is full ...
Page 118
... verfe , though I may excufe him , by the example of Hannibal Caro , and other Italians , who have used it : for whatever caufes he alledges for the abo- lifhing of rhyme ( which I have not now the lei- fure to examine ) his own ...
... verfe , though I may excufe him , by the example of Hannibal Caro , and other Italians , who have used it : for whatever caufes he alledges for the abo- lifhing of rhyme ( which I have not now the lei- fure to examine ) his own ...
Page 119
... verfe . I have then , as you fee , obferved the failings of many great wits amongst the moderns , who have attempted to write an Epic Poem : befides thefe , or the like ani , madverfions of them or other men , there is yet a fare ther ...
... verfe . I have then , as you fee , obferved the failings of many great wits amongst the moderns , who have attempted to write an Epic Poem : befides thefe , or the like ani , madverfions of them or other men , there is yet a fare ther ...
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