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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 . 4.
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 . 4.
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... reformation of manners ; but the last improperly , only as it begets pity in the audience : though Aristotle , I confess ... critique of Mr. Rymer , in behalf of our English poets against the Greek , ought to do it in this manner .
... reformation of manners ; but the last improperly , only as it begets pity in the audience : though Aristotle , I confess ... critique of Mr. Rymer , in behalf of our English poets against the Greek , ought to do it in this manner .
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Dryden had , not many years before , scattered criticism over his Prefaces with very little parsimony ; but , though he sometimes condescended to be somewhat familiar , his manner was in general too scholastick for those who had yet ...
Dryden had , not many years before , scattered criticism over his Prefaces with very little parsimony ; but , though he sometimes condescended to be somewhat familiar , his manner was in general too scholastick for those who had yet ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volume 83 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2011 |
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