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... opinion , without acknowledging the debt . An apo- logy would be neceffary for this digreffion , if it was not my professed design in this Effay , to expatiate into such occafional dif quifitions , as naturally arife from the fub- ject ...
... opinion , without acknowledging the debt . An apo- logy would be neceffary for this digreffion , if it was not my professed design in this Effay , to expatiate into such occafional dif quifitions , as naturally arife from the fub- ject ...
Page 199
... 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 , the harmony of his numbers , as far as alexandrine lines will admit , the ...
... 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 , the harmony of his numbers , as far as alexandrine lines will admit , the ...
Page 353
... opinion he was confirmed by the Abbé Barthelemy , at Paris , whofe learned cor- respondence with Mr. Stanley on this sub- ject I have read . At laft Mr. Stanley gave up this opinion , and was convinced that Boccace invented the tale ...
... opinion he was confirmed by the Abbé Barthelemy , at Paris , whofe learned cor- respondence with Mr. Stanley on this sub- ject I have read . At laft Mr. Stanley gave up this opinion , and was convinced that Boccace invented the tale ...
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