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Page v
... Boileau in RHYME , are no more poetical , than the CHARAC → TERS of La Bruyere in PROSE ; and that it is a creative and glowing IMAGINA ? acer fpiritus ac vis , " and that TION , alone , that can stamp a writer with this exalted and ...
... Boileau in RHYME , are no more poetical , than the CHARAC → TERS of La Bruyere in PROSE ; and that it is a creative and glowing IMAGINA ? acer fpiritus ac vis , " and that TION , alone , that can stamp a writer with this exalted and ...
Page x
... to fpeak out in plain English , I will adopt the following paffage of Voltaire , which , in my opinion , as ex- actly characterizes POPE as it does his model model Boileau , for whom it was origi nally defigned * DEDICATION.
... to fpeak out in plain English , I will adopt the following paffage of Voltaire , which , in my opinion , as ex- actly characterizes POPE as it does his model model Boileau , for whom it was origi nally defigned * DEDICATION.
Page xi
Joseph Warton. model Boileau , for whom it was origi nally defigned . « INCAPABLE PEUT- ETRE DU SUBLIME QUI ELEVE L'AME , ET DU SENTIMENT QUI L'ATTENDRIT , MAIS FAIT POUR ECLAIRER CEUX A QUI LA NATURE ACCORDA L'UN ET L'AUTRE , LABORIEUX ...
Joseph Warton. model Boileau , for whom it was origi nally defigned . « INCAPABLE PEUT- ETRE DU SUBLIME QUI ELEVE L'AME , ET DU SENTIMENT QUI L'ATTENDRIT , MAIS FAIT POUR ECLAIRER CEUX A QUI LA NATURE ACCORDA L'UN ET L'AUTRE , LABORIEUX ...
Page 63
... Boileau concerning mufic is remarkable ; he afferts , qu'on ne peut jamais faire un bon opera ; parceque la mufique ne fauroit narrer ; que les paffions n'y peuvent etre peinte dans . toute l'etenduë qu'elles demandent ; que d'ailleurs ...
... Boileau concerning mufic is remarkable ; he afferts , qu'on ne peut jamais faire un bon opera ; parceque la mufique ne fauroit narrer ; que les paffions n'y peuvent etre peinte dans . toute l'etenduë qu'elles demandent ; que d'ailleurs ...
Page 66
... Boileau attempted an ode , he exhibited a glaring proof , of what will be more fully infifted on in the course of this Effay , that the writer , whofe grand chracteristical talent is fatiric or moral poetry , will never fucceed , with ...
... Boileau attempted an ode , he exhibited a glaring proof , of what will be more fully infifted on in the course of this Effay , that the writer , whofe grand chracteristical talent is fatiric or moral poetry , will never fucceed , with ...
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