Prose on Several Occasions: Accompanied with Some Pieces in Verse, Volume 3T. Cadel, 1787 |
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... himself prevented by their labours ; in which , befides innumerable leffer " faults , he , more especially , obferved two invete- " rate errors , of fuch a fort , as must needs perplex " the genius , and diftrefs the learning , of any ...
... himself prevented by their labours ; in which , befides innumerable leffer " faults , he , more especially , obferved two invete- " rate errors , of fuch a fort , as must needs perplex " the genius , and diftrefs the learning , of any ...
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... himself with compofing a fhort criti- cal fyftem , for the general use of poets , which every line of it abfolutely confutes ; but , fimply to criticize the ROMAN DRAMA . ' For to this " end , not the tenor of the work only , but as ...
... himself with compofing a fhort criti- cal fyftem , for the general use of poets , which every line of it abfolutely confutes ; but , fimply to criticize the ROMAN DRAMA . ' For to this " end , not the tenor of the work only , but as ...
Page ix
... " confiftency of difpofition in the method . And " this was indeed the very block upon which " HEINSIUS , and , before him , JULIUS SCALIGER , " himself 06 himfelf ftumbled . These illuftrious Criticks , with " all ( ix ) ..
... " confiftency of difpofition in the method . And " this was indeed the very block upon which " HEINSIUS , and , before him , JULIUS SCALIGER , " himself 06 himfelf ftumbled . These illuftrious Criticks , with " all ( ix ) ..
Page xiii
... himself , particularly diftinguished with a very different inter- pretation . Nor can this portion of the Epiftle be confidered , by the impartial and intelligent reader , as a mere exhortation " to correctness in writing ; taken up ...
... himself , particularly diftinguished with a very different inter- pretation . Nor can this portion of the Epiftle be confidered , by the impartial and intelligent reader , as a mere exhortation " to correctness in writing ; taken up ...
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... himself entirely to the two young gentlemen , pointing out to them the difficulty , as well as ex , cellence , of the Dramatick Art ; insisting on the avowed fuperiority of the Gręcian Writers , and afcribing the comparative failure of ...
... himself entirely to the two young gentlemen , pointing out to them the difficulty , as well as ex , cellence , of the Dramatick Art ; insisting on the avowed fuperiority of the Gręcian Writers , and afcribing the comparative failure of ...
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