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Page 298
... English generation must mention with reverence as a critick and a poet . DRYDEN may be properly considered as the father of English criticism , as the writer who first taught us to determine upon principles the merit of composition . Of ...
... English generation must mention with reverence as a critick and a poet . DRYDEN may be properly considered as the father of English criticism , as the writer who first taught us to determine upon principles the merit of composition . Of ...
Page 316
... English poetry . The night comes on , we eager to pursue The combat still , and they asham'd to leave : " Till the last streaks of dying day withdrew , And doubtful moon - light did our rage deceive . In th ' English fleet each ship ...
... English poetry . The night comes on , we eager to pursue The combat still , and they asham'd to leave : " Till the last streaks of dying day withdrew , And doubtful moon - light did our rage deceive . In th ' English fleet each ship ...
Page 349
... English more adorned with episodes , and larger than in the Greek poets ; consequently more diverting . For , if the action be but one , and that plain , without any counterturn of design or episode , i.e. under - plot , how can it be ...
... English more adorned with episodes , and larger than in the Greek poets ; consequently more diverting . For , if the action be but one , and that plain , without any counterturn of design or episode , i.e. under - plot , how can it be ...
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