 | History - 1796 - 690 pages
...If the father of criticifm has rightly denominated poetry rix»r> ^oilixi, an imitative art, theie writers will, without great wrong, lofe their right to the name of poeu ; for they cannot be faid to have imitated any thing ; they neither copied nature nor life ; neither... | |
 | Books - 1780 - 596 pages
...great wrong, lofc their right to the name of poets ; far they cannot be faid to have imitated anything: they neither copied nature nor life; neither painted...however who deny them to be poets, allow them to be witt. Dryden confefles of himfelf and his contemporaries, that they fall below Donne in wit, but maintains... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1780 - 590 pages
...counting the Syllables. ' If the father of criticifm has rightly denominated poetry пде» f^iíli*)!, an imitative art, thefe writers will, without great...of poets ; for they cannot be faid to have imitated anything: they neither copied nature nor life; neither painted the forms of matter, nor reprefented... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1780 - 590 pages
...Pomfret, and Hughes. ' If the father of criticifm has rightly denominated poetry :.%.-, ptfLrhxri, ait imitative art, thefe writers will, without great wrong, lofe their right to the came of poets; for they cannot be faid to have imitated anything: they neither copied nature nor life;... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1780 - 726 pages
...counting the fyllables. Jf the father of criticifm has rightly denominated poetry TÍ^HI [il/Juflmn, an imitative art, thefe writers will, without great wrong, lofe their right to die name of poets ; for they cannot be faid to have imitated any thing ; they, neither copied nature... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 498 pages
...by counting the fyllables. If the father of criticifm has rightly denominated poetry rexw pipyjtxri, an imitative art, thefe writers will, without great...imitated any thing ; they neither copied nature nor life j neither painted the forms of matter, nor reprefented the operations of intellect. Thofe however who... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1783 - 478 pages
...• ' / If the father of critlcifm has rightly den6* ininated poetry t'syw wflixt, an imitative artf thefe writers will, without great wrong, lofe their right to the name .of poeW ; for they cannot be faid to have imitated any thing; they neither copied nature npf life; neither... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...by counting the fyllables. If the father of criticifm has rightly denominated poetry ttyw pp;/ixi;, an imitative art, thefe writers will, without great...matter, nor reprefented the operations of intellect. Thpfe however who deny them to be poets, allow them to be wits. D' yden confefles of himfelf and his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 498 pages
...counting the fyllables. If the father of critieifm has rightly denominated poetry T;%iIJ pp,, <.-„•/}, an imitative art, thefe writers will, without great...they neither copied nature nor life ; neither painted painted the forms of matter, nor reprefented the operations of intellect. Thofe however who deny them... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Poets, English - 1790 - 508 pages
...counting the fyllables. If the father of criticiftn has rightly denominated poetry rixvy piprflMij, an imitative art* thefe writers will, without great...of poets; for they cannot be faid to have imitated anything; they neither copied nature for life; neither painted the forms of matter ; nor reprefented... | |
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If the father of criticism has rightly denominated poetry, an imitative art, these writers will, without great wrong, lose their right to the name of poets for they cannot be said to have imitated any thing; they neither copied nature nor life; neither... 
