The Critical Works of John Dennis, 2. köideJohns Hopkins Press, 1943 |
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... judge of the greater types of poetry.214 Taste , as Dennis used the term , was much more inclusive than genius or good sense . " Taste in Writing , " he said at one point , " is nothing but a fine Discernment of Truth . " 215 Yet he ...
... judge of the greater types of poetry.214 Taste , as Dennis used the term , was much more inclusive than genius or good sense . " Taste in Writing , " he said at one point , " is nothing but a fine Discernment of Truth . " 215 Yet he ...
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... Judge of his own Art . ' This Word , Sovereign Judge or Arbiter of his own Art , pre - supposes a Painter to be fully instructed in all the Parts of Painting , so that being set as it were above his Art , he may be the Master and ...
... Judge of his own Art . ' This Word , Sovereign Judge or Arbiter of his own Art , pre - supposes a Painter to be fully instructed in all the Parts of Painting , so that being set as it were above his Art , he may be the Master and ...
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... Judge of Work : ' Tis the mean Genius , the slovenly Performer , " who knowing nothing of true Workmanship , endeavours by the best outward " Gloss , and dazzling Shew , to turn the Eye from a direct and steddy Survey of his Piece . 66 ...
... Judge of Work : ' Tis the mean Genius , the slovenly Performer , " who knowing nothing of true Workmanship , endeavours by the best outward " Gloss , and dazzling Shew , to turn the Eye from a direct and steddy Survey of his Piece . 66 ...
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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