The Works of the English Poets, Volume 33W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 360 pages |
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... should imagine I am not in earnest , I de- fire him to reflect , that the Ancients ( to fay the least of them ) had as much genius as we : and that to take more pains , and employ more time , cannot fail to produce more complete pieces ...
... should imagine I am not in earnest , I de- fire him to reflect , that the Ancients ( to fay the least of them ) had as much genius as we : and that to take more pains , and employ more time , cannot fail to produce more complete pieces ...
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... should expect us to be Scholars , and yet be angry to find us fo . I fairly confefs that I have ferved myself all I could by reading ; that I made ufe of the judgment of authors dead and living ; that I omitted no means in my power to ...
... should expect us to be Scholars , and yet be angry to find us fo . I fairly confefs that I have ferved myself all I could by reading ; that I made ufe of the judgment of authors dead and living ; that I omitted no means in my power to ...
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... ; and that fome wife men will be of my opinion , even if I should think a part of it better spent in the enjoyments of life , than in pleafing the critics . PAS- H PASTORALS , WITH A DISCOURSE ON PASTORAL . Written PREFACE . 13.
... ; and that fome wife men will be of my opinion , even if I should think a part of it better spent in the enjoyments of life , than in pleafing the critics . PAS- H PASTORALS , WITH A DISCOURSE ON PASTORAL . Written PREFACE . 13.
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... should shine through the Poem , which so visibly appears in all the works of antiquity : and it ought to preferve fome relish of the old way of writing ; the connection fhould be loofe , the narrations and defcriptions fhort * , and the ...
... should shine through the Poem , which so visibly appears in all the works of antiquity : and it ought to preferve fome relish of the old way of writing ; the connection fhould be loofe , the narrations and defcriptions fhort * , and the ...
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... should likewife have its va- riety * . This variety is obtained in a great degree by frequent comparisons , drawn from the most agreeable objects of the country ; by interrogations to things in- animate ; by beautiful digreffions , but ...
... should likewife have its va- riety * . This variety is obtained in a great degree by frequent comparisons , drawn from the most agreeable objects of the country ; by interrogations to things in- animate ; by beautiful digreffions , but ...
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