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Page vii
... opinion in queftion . He has more than once difclaimed all right and title to the name of POET , on the score of his ethic and fatiric pieces . -NEQUE ENIM CONCLUDERE VERSUM DIXERIS ESSE SATIS―― are lines , often repeated , but whofe ...
... opinion in queftion . He has more than once difclaimed all right and title to the name of POET , on the score of his ethic and fatiric pieces . -NEQUE ENIM CONCLUDERE VERSUM DIXERIS ESSE SATIS―― are lines , often repeated , but whofe ...
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 2
... opinion is founded , I fhall be entirely unmoved at the impu- tation of malignity , or the clamours of po- pular prejudice . Ir is fomewhat ftrange , that in the paf- torals of a young poet there fhould not be found à single rural image ...
... opinion is founded , I fhall be entirely unmoved at the impu- tation of malignity , or the clamours of po- pular prejudice . Ir is fomewhat ftrange , that in the paf- torals of a young poet there fhould not be found à single rural image ...
Page 49
... opinion , that defcrip- tive poetry is a compofition as abfurd as a feaft made up of fauces : and I know many other perfons that think meanly of it .. I will not prefume to fay it is equal , either in dignity E dignity or utility , to ...
... opinion , that defcrip- tive poetry is a compofition as abfurd as a feaft made up of fauces : and I know many other perfons that think meanly of it .. I will not prefume to fay it is equal , either in dignity E dignity or utility , to ...
Page 63
... opinion of 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 ...
... opinion of 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 ...
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