The Critical Works of John Dennis, 2. köideJohns Hopkins Press, 1943 |
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... taste , as taste was understood in h period . It is true that he recognized in art a certain indefinable element , a element to be felt rather than to be reasoned upon . It is also true that h wrote a good deal about taste . He ...
... taste , as taste was understood in h period . It is true that he recognized in art a certain indefinable element , a element to be felt rather than to be reasoned upon . It is also true that h wrote a good deal about taste . He ...
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... taste of the people and consequently debase the literature by which they are entertained.194 Since literature flourishes most when public taste is best , a critic should watch over public taste , to correct it when it is bad and to ...
... taste of the people and consequently debase the literature by which they are entertained.194 Since literature flourishes most when public taste is best , a critic should watch over public taste , to correct it when it is bad and to ...
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... Taste of an Hysterick Woman , who is cherish'd by a Stink , and sickens at a Perfume ; or as the Taste of a modern Letcher , who , like a Swine , prefers a Sirreverence to the finest thing in the World . The ingenious Diversions , which ...
... Taste of an Hysterick Woman , who is cherish'd by a Stink , and sickens at a Perfume ; or as the Taste of a modern Letcher , who , like a Swine , prefers a Sirreverence to the finest thing in the World . The ingenious Diversions , which ...
Contents
Introduction | vii |
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Shakespear 1712 | 1 |
Appendix excerpts and miscellaneousContinued X From the Prologue to Gibraltar 1705 | 39 |
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