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Page 68
... French poefy , and the first who gave his countrymen any idea of a legitimate ode , though his own pieces have hardly any thing but harmony to recommend them . The Odes of la Motte , tho ' fo highly praised by Sanadon , and by ...
... French poefy , and the first who gave his countrymen any idea of a legitimate ode , though his own pieces have hardly any thing but harmony to recommend them . The Odes of la Motte , tho ' fo highly praised by Sanadon , and by ...
Page 208
... French may boast some excellent critics , particularly Boffu , Boileau , Fenelon , and Brumoy , cannot be denied ; but that these are fufficient to form a taste upon , without having recourse to the ge- nuine fountains of all polite ...
... French may boast some excellent critics , particularly Boffu , Boileau , Fenelon , and Brumoy , cannot be denied ; but that these are fufficient to form a taste upon , without having recourse to the ge- nuine fountains of all polite ...
Page 294
... French poets . This is his exordium ; Qui veut ouir , qui veut scavoir , De roi en roi , & d'hoir en hoir , Qui cils furent , & d'où cils vinrent , Qui Angleterre primes tinrent . We may judge , from this paffage , of the state of the ...
... French poets . This is his exordium ; Qui veut ouir , qui veut scavoir , De roi en roi , & d'hoir en hoir , Qui cils furent , & d'où cils vinrent , Qui Angleterre primes tinrent . We may judge , from this paffage , of the state of the ...
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