I. Of the nature, use, excellence, rise and progress of poetry, etcCharles Rivington, 1718 |
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... Poefy , which has debas'd the Honour of this Mother of all Learning , was the Caufe of my Undertaking , by giving our English . World thofe Rules , by the Obfervation of which , Homer , Virgil , and the rest of the Antients gain'd ...
... Poefy , which has debas'd the Honour of this Mother of all Learning , was the Caufe of my Undertaking , by giving our English . World thofe Rules , by the Obfervation of which , Homer , Virgil , and the rest of the Antients gain'd ...
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... Poefy . I know not whether we have any Eye and Infpe- ction on the Conduct of the Pulpit ; but there is in fome of our neighbouring Countries , and I can fee no Reason why there might not be proper Officers , fuch as Mr. Harrington ...
... Poefy . I know not whether we have any Eye and Infpe- ction on the Conduct of the Pulpit ; but there is in fome of our neighbouring Countries , and I can fee no Reason why there might not be proper Officers , fuch as Mr. Harrington ...
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... Poefy , in whofe agreeable Dawn the Eyes of Reason , by little and lit- tle , grew ftronger , and more able to arrive at Know- ledge , more robuft . Let learned Greece fhew me one Book before Mufaus , Hefiod , and Homer , all Poets ...
... Poefy , in whofe agreeable Dawn the Eyes of Reason , by little and lit- tle , grew ftronger , and more able to arrive at Know- ledge , more robuft . Let learned Greece fhew me one Book before Mufaus , Hefiod , and Homer , all Poets ...
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... Poefy , before Shakespear appeared in the World , and fhew'd fufficiently , the Abfurdity of the Play - wrights of his Time , to have inftructed fuch a capacious Genius as Shakespear . Nay , he feems con ... demn'd out of his own Mouth ...
... Poefy , before Shakespear appeared in the World , and fhew'd fufficiently , the Abfurdity of the Play - wrights of his Time , to have inftructed fuch a capacious Genius as Shakespear . Nay , he feems con ... demn'd out of his own Mouth ...
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... , and not themfelves ; and to be a Patron , there must be a Largenefs of Soul not very common in the Heroes of our modern Times . The The true Value of Poefy is indeed generally fo lit * 70 The Complete ART of POETRY .
... , and not themfelves ; and to be a Patron , there must be a Largenefs of Soul not very common in the Heroes of our modern Times . The The true Value of Poefy is indeed generally fo lit * 70 The Complete ART of POETRY .
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