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Pagina 133
This the Greeks were not so accurate as to bind themselves to ; neither have our
English poets observed it , for aught I can find . The Latins ( qui musas colunt
severiores ) sometimes did it , and their prince , Virgil , always : in whom the ...
This the Greeks were not so accurate as to bind themselves to ; neither have our
English poets observed it , for aught I can find . The Latins ( qui musas colunt
severiores ) sometimes did it , and their prince , Virgil , always : in whom the ...
Pagina 141
He might have observed , that what is good only because it pleases , cannot be
pronounced good till it has been found to please . Sir Martin Marall is a comedy ,
published without preface or dedication , and at first without the name of the ...
He might have observed , that what is good only because it pleases , cannot be
pronounced good till it has been found to please . Sir Martin Marall is a comedy ,
published without preface or dedication , and at first without the name of the ...
Pagina 346
One of his favourite topicks is contempt of his own poetry . For this , if it had been
real , he would deserve no commendation , and in this he was certainly not
sincere ; for his high value of himself was sufficiently observed , and of what ...
One of his favourite topicks is contempt of his own poetry . For this , if it had been
real , he would deserve no commendation , and in this he was certainly not
sincere ; for his high value of himself was sufficiently observed , and of what ...
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