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... 512. On giving Advice , 516 513. Meditation on Death , a Hymn , 517. Death of Sir Roger de Coverley , 519 . Meditation on animal Life , 520 525 529 PAGE THE SPECTATOR ( Continued ) , 523. Poetry too Vill TABLE OF CONTENTS .
... 512. On giving Advice , 516 513. Meditation on Death , a Hymn , 517. Death of Sir Roger de Coverley , 519 . Meditation on animal Life , 520 525 529 PAGE THE SPECTATOR ( Continued ) , 523. Poetry too Vill TABLE OF CONTENTS .
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Joseph Addison. PAGE THE SPECTATOR ( Continued ) , 523. Poetry too often mixed with Mythology - Edict on that Subject , 529. Rules of Precedency among Authors and Actors , 530. Account of the Marriage of Will Honeycomb , 531. On the Idea ...
Joseph Addison. PAGE THE SPECTATOR ( Continued ) , 523. Poetry too often mixed with Mythology - Edict on that Subject , 529. Rules of Precedency among Authors and Actors , 530. Account of the Marriage of Will Honeycomb , 531. On the Idea ...
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... poets , than among any other set of men . As there are none more ambitious of fame , than those who are conversant in poetry , it is very natural for such as have not succeeded in it , to depreciate the works of those who have . For ...
... poets , than among any other set of men . As there are none more ambitious of fame , than those who are conversant in poetry , it is very natural for such as have not succeeded in it , to depreciate the works of those who have . For ...
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... poet , without attacking the reputation of all his brothers in the art . The igno- rance of the moderns , the scribblers of the age , the decay of poetry , are the topics of detraction , with which he makes his en- trance into the world ...
... poet , without attacking the reputation of all his brothers in the art . The igno- rance of the moderns , the scribblers of the age , the decay of poetry , are the topics of detraction , with which he makes his en- trance into the world ...
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... Poetry , he will find but very few precepts in it , which he may not meet with in Aristotle , and which were not commonly known by all the poets of the Augustan age . His way of expressing and applying them , not his invention of them ...
... Poetry , he will find but very few precepts in it , which he may not meet with in Aristotle , and which were not commonly known by all the poets of the Augustan age . His way of expressing and applying them , not his invention of them ...
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