The Works of the English Poets, Volume 19J. Rivington, 1779 - 366 pages |
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Page 112
... poet . Martial fays of him , that he could have excelled Varius in Tragedy , and Horace in Lyric Poetry , but , out of deference to his friends , he attempted neither . The fame prevalence of genius is in your Lordship : but the world ...
... poet . Martial fays of him , that he could have excelled Varius in Tragedy , and Horace in Lyric Poetry , but , out of deference to his friends , he attempted neither . The fame prevalence of genius is in your Lordship : but the world ...
Page 113
... Poetry amongst the Greeks : that of Auguftus for Heroic , Lyric , Dramatic , Elegiac , and indeed all forts of Poetry in the persons of Virgil , Horace , Varius , Ovid , and many others ; especially if we take into that century the ...
... Poetry amongst the Greeks : that of Auguftus for Heroic , Lyric , Dramatic , Elegiac , and indeed all forts of Poetry in the persons of Virgil , Horace , Varius , Ovid , and many others ; especially if we take into that century the ...
Page 114
... Poetry : in Tragedy and Satyr , I offer myself to main- tain against fome of our modern critics , that this age and the daft , particularly in England , have excelled the ancients in both those kinds ; and , I would in- ftance in ...
... Poetry : in Tragedy and Satyr , I offer myself to main- tain against fome of our modern critics , that this age and the daft , particularly in England , have excelled the ancients in both those kinds ; and , I would in- ftance in ...
Page 115
... Poets , that they ought to be turned down from Ho- mer to the Anthologia , from Virgil to Martial and Owen's Epigrams , and from Spenfer to Flecnoe ; that is , from the top to the bottom of all Poetry . But to return to Taffo : he ...
... Poets , that they ought to be turned down from Ho- mer to the Anthologia , from Virgil to Martial and Owen's Epigrams , and from Spenfer to Flecnoe ; that is , from the top to the bottom of all Poetry . But to return to Taffo : he ...
Page 116
... Poets ; and yet , both of them are liable to many cenfures . For there is no uniformity in the design of Spenfer he aims at the accomplishment of no one action : he raises up a hero for every one of his adven- tures ; and endows each of ...
... Poets ; and yet , both of them are liable to many cenfures . For there is no uniformity in the design of Spenfer he aims at the accomplishment of no one action : he raises up a hero for every one of his adven- tures ; and endows each of ...
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