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Page 191
... poets . As there is something familiar and domestic in the fable of his tragedy , more than in those of any other poet , he has little pomp , but great force in his expressions . For which reason , though he has admirably succeeded in ...
... poets . As there is something familiar and domestic in the fable of his tragedy , more than in those of any other poet , he has little pomp , but great force in his expressions . For which reason , though he has admirably succeeded in ...
Page 217
... poet observes that de- cency , which Horace afterwards established as a rule , of forbearing to commit parricides or unnatural mur- ders before the audience . Nec coram populo natos Medea trucidet , ' Ars Poet . ver . 185 . • Let not ...
... poet observes that de- cency , which Horace afterwards established as a rule , of forbearing to commit parricides or unnatural mur- ders before the audience . Nec coram populo natos Medea trucidet , ' Ars Poet . ver . 185 . • Let not ...
Page 348
... exposed Addison to the ridicule of Wagstaffe , and the con- tempt of Dennis .... See Johnson's Lives of the English Poets , vol . ii . p . 138. 8vo . 1801 . The poet before us has not only found out an 348 70 . SPECTATOR .
... exposed Addison to the ridicule of Wagstaffe , and the con- tempt of Dennis .... See Johnson's Lives of the English Poets , vol . ii . p . 138. 8vo . 1801 . The poet before us has not only found out an 348 70 . SPECTATOR .
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