Essays, Biographical, Critical and Historical, Volume 2Suttaby, 1814 - English literature |
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Page 65
... ancients , and the rules of the French stage amongst the moderns , which are extremely different from ours , by reason of their opposite taste ; yet even then , I had the pre- sumption to dedicate to your lordship - a very unfinished ...
... ancients , and the rules of the French stage amongst the moderns , which are extremely different from ours , by reason of their opposite taste ; yet even then , I had the pre- sumption to dedicate to your lordship - a very unfinished ...
Page 66
... ancients , excepting Virgil and Horace . One of our late great poetsf is sunk in his reputation , because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way ; but swept , like a drag - net , great and small . There was plenty ...
... ancients , excepting Virgil and Horace . One of our late great poetsf is sunk in his reputation , because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way ; but swept , like a drag - net , great and small . There was plenty ...
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... ancients above all others , that they are very ob- vious to the conception , but most difficult in the imitation ... ancient and modern knowledge . But it sate ex- ceeding close and handsomely upon him : it was not imbossed on his ...
... ancients above all others , that they are very ob- vious to the conception , but most difficult in the imitation ... ancient and modern knowledge . But it sate ex- ceeding close and handsomely upon him : it was not imbossed on his ...
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... ancients , it was the wish of Shaftesbury to impart to his native language a classical refinement . In attempting this , how- ever , he seems to have totally overlooked that noble simplicity , for which the best models of antiquity are ...
... ancients , it was the wish of Shaftesbury to impart to his native language a classical refinement . In attempting this , how- ever , he seems to have totally overlooked that noble simplicity , for which the best models of antiquity are ...
Page 93
... ancient classics , he added an equal intimacy with the best prose authors in his native language ; and as far as internal evidence can conduct us , it would appear that Cowley , Tillotson , and Temple , were his favourite writers . At ...
... ancient classics , he added an equal intimacy with the best prose authors in his native language ; and as far as internal evidence can conduct us , it would appear that Cowley , Tillotson , and Temple , were his favourite writers . At ...
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