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... Boileau . * Pag . 197. See also pag . 245. 191 . † Aftrong argument against rhyme in general might be drawn from this strange practice of even so correct a writer as Boileau . ↑ Ver . 622 . M 2 Gardez- Gardez - vous d'imiter ce rimeur ...
... Boileau . * Pag . 197. See also pag . 245. 191 . † Aftrong argument against rhyme in general might be drawn from this strange practice of even so correct a writer as Boileau . ↑ Ver . 622 . M 2 Gardez- Gardez - vous d'imiter ce rimeur ...
Page 167
... Boileau's Art of Poetry from which , however , POPE has borrowed many obfervations . 37. The mighty STAGYRITE firft ... Boileau , the in- variable friend and defender of Racine . It may be re- marked , that Boileau had mentioned ...
... Boileau's Art of Poetry from which , however , POPE has borrowed many obfervations . 37. The mighty STAGYRITE firft ... Boileau , the in- variable friend and defender of Racine . It may be re- marked , that Boileau had mentioned ...
Page 199
... BOILEAU ftill in right of Horace fways * . MAY I be pardoned for declaring it as my opinion , that Boileau's is the best + Art of Poetry extant ? The brevity of his precepts , enlivened by proper imagery , the juftness of his metaphors ...
... BOILEAU ftill in right of Horace fways * . MAY I be pardoned for declaring it as my opinion , that Boileau's is the best + Art of Poetry extant ? The brevity of his precepts , enlivened by proper imagery , the juftness of his metaphors ...
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