Juvenile poemsJ. French, 1777 - 195 pages |
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Page v
... rules in my own favour . You will also find fome points reconciled , about which they feem to differ , and a few remarks , which , I think , have efcaped their obfervation . The original of Poetry is afcribed to that Age which fucceeded ...
... rules in my own favour . You will also find fome points reconciled , about which they feem to differ , and a few remarks , which , I think , have efcaped their obfervation . The original of Poetry is afcribed to that Age which fucceeded ...
Page viii
... rules like thefe that we ought to judge of Paftoral . And fince the inftructions given for any art are to be delivered as that art is in perfection , they muft of neceffity be derived from those in whom it is acknowledged fo to be . It ...
... rules like thefe that we ought to judge of Paftoral . And fince the inftructions given for any art are to be delivered as that art is in perfection , they muft of neceffity be derived from those in whom it is acknowledged fo to be . It ...
Page 59
... rules the ball ? Freedom and arts together fall ; Fools grant whate'er ambition craves , And men , once ignorant , are flaves . Oh curs d effects of civil hate , In every age , in every state ! Still , when the luft of tyrant power ...
... rules the ball ? Freedom and arts together fall ; Fools grant whate'er ambition craves , And men , once ignorant , are flaves . Oh curs d effects of civil hate , In every age , in every state ! Still , when the luft of tyrant power ...
Page 67
... rules , which are but methodised nature , ver . 88 . Rules derived from the practice of the ancient poets , ver . 88. to IIO . That therefore the ancients are neceffary to be ftudied by a critic , particularly Homer and Virgil , ver ...
... rules , which are but methodised nature , ver . 88 . Rules derived from the practice of the ancient poets , ver . 88. to IIO . That therefore the ancients are neceffary to be ftudied by a critic , particularly Homer and Virgil , ver ...
Page 68
... Rules for the conduct of manners in a critic . I. Can- dour , ver , 563. Modefty , ver . 566. Good - breeding , ver . 572. Sincerity and freedom of advice , ver . 578. II . When one's counfel is to be restrained , ver . 584. Character ...
... Rules for the conduct of manners in a critic . I. Can- dour , ver , 563. Modefty , ver . 566. Good - breeding , ver . 572. Sincerity and freedom of advice , ver . 578. II . When one's counfel is to be restrained , ver . 584. Character ...
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