The Works of the English Poets, Volume 19J. Rivington, 1779 - 366 pages |
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Page 112
... write in your ftrength , you ftand revealed at the first view ; and fhould you write under it , you cannot avoid fome peculiar graces , which only coft me a fecond con- fideration to discover you : for I must fay it , with all the ...
... write in your ftrength , you ftand revealed at the first view ; and fhould you write under it , you cannot avoid fome peculiar graces , which only coft me a fecond con- fideration to discover you : for I must fay it , with all the ...
Page 119
... write an Epic Poem : befides thefe , or the like ani , madverfions of them or other men , there is yet a fare ther reafon given , why they cannot poffibly fucceed fo well as the ancients , even though we could allow them not to be ...
... write an Epic Poem : befides thefe , or the like ani , madverfions of them or other men , there is yet a fare ther reafon given , why they cannot poffibly fucceed fo well as the ancients , even though we could allow them not to be ...
Page 126
... writes ; if fuch a man , I fay , be now arisen , or fhall arife , I am vain enough to think , that I have propofed a ... writer . He could not have failed to add the oppofition of ill fpirits to the good ; they have alfo their defign ...
... writes ; if fuch a man , I fay , be now arisen , or fhall arife , I am vain enough to think , that I have propofed a ... writer . He could not have failed to add the oppofition of ill fpirits to the good ; they have alfo their defign ...
Page 132
... age in that way of writing . Your Lordship , amongst many other favours , has given me your permission for this address ; and you have par- : ticularly ticularly encouraged me by your perufal and approba- tion of 132 DEDICATION .
... age in that way of writing . Your Lordship , amongst many other favours , has given me your permission for this address ; and you have par- : ticularly ticularly encouraged me by your perufal and approba- tion of 132 DEDICATION .
Page 134
... writer in either kind , Tragedy requires a lefs and more confined knowledge : moderate learn- ing , and obfervation of the rules is fufficient , if a ge- nius be not wanting . But in an Epick Poet , one who is worthy of that name ...
... writer in either kind , Tragedy requires a lefs and more confined knowledge : moderate learn- ing , and obfervation of the rules is fufficient , if a ge- nius be not wanting . But in an Epick Poet , one who is worthy of that name ...
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