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The sentiments , as expressive of manners , or appropriated to characters , are , for the greater part , unexceptionably just . Splendid passages , containing lessons of morality , or precepts of prudence , occur seldom .
The sentiments , as expressive of manners , or appropriated to characters , are , for the greater part , unexceptionably just . Splendid passages , containing lessons of morality , or precepts of prudence , occur seldom .
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2 The order or manner of its contrivance , in relation of the parts to the whole . ' 3 The manners , or decency of the characters , in speaking or acting what is proper for them , and proper to be shewn by the poet .
2 The order or manner of its contrivance , in relation of the parts to the whole . ' 3 The manners , or decency of the characters , in speaking or acting what is proper for them , and proper to be shewn by the poet .
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... which are not all confined to the language : for the distinguishing excellences of Homer are ( by the consent of the best criticks of all nations ) first in the manners , ( which include all the speeches , as being no other than the ...
... which are not all confined to the language : for the distinguishing excellences of Homer are ( by the consent of the best criticks of all nations ) first in the manners , ( which include all the speeches , as being no other than the ...
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