The Works of Richard Hurd, Lord Bishop of Worcester: Critical worksT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1811 - Theology, Doctrinal |
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... censure some other species of misconduct , which have the same effect . He determines then , 1. [ from v . 179 to 189 ] The case of representation and recital : or what it is , which renders some things more fit to be acted on the stage ...
... censure some other species of misconduct , which have the same effect . He determines then , 1. [ from v . 179 to 189 ] The case of representation and recital : or what it is , which renders some things more fit to be acted on the stage ...
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... censure , he so justly applied to the great Scaliger , S'IL L'AVOIT BIEN ENTENDU , IL LUI AUROIt rendu plus DE JUSTICE , ET EN AUROIT PARLE ' PLUS MODESTEMENT . NOTES ON THE ART OF POETRY , NOTES ON THE 62 Q. HORATII FLACCI ARS POETICA .
... censure , he so justly applied to the great Scaliger , S'IL L'AVOIT BIEN ENTENDU , IL LUI AUROIt rendu plus DE JUSTICE , ET EN AUROIT PARLE ' PLUS MODESTEMENT . NOTES ON THE ART OF POETRY , NOTES ON THE 62 Q. HORATII FLACCI ARS POETICA .
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... the rest , is not explained by him . We may be sure , it was not taken up at random . The reason was , that the Thyestes of Ennius was peculiarly chargeable with the fault , here censured : as is plain from 94 NOTES ON THE.
... the rest , is not explained by him . We may be sure , it was not taken up at random . The reason was , that the Thyestes of Ennius was peculiarly chargeable with the fault , here censured : as is plain from 94 NOTES ON THE.
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... censured , as flat and prosaic , and hardly rising above the level of ordinary conversa- tion in comedy . This allusion to a particular play , written by one of their best poets , and frequently exhibited on the Roman stage , gives ...
... censured , as flat and prosaic , and hardly rising above the level of ordinary conversa- tion in comedy . This allusion to a particular play , written by one of their best poets , and frequently exhibited on the Roman stage , gives ...
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... censure of these critics is well applied . It may be fine poe- try , if you will , but very bad dramatic writing . But let the imagery be ever so great or splendid , if it be such only as the governing as the governing passion loves to ...
... censure of these critics is well applied . It may be fine poe- try , if you will , but very bad dramatic writing . But let the imagery be ever so great or splendid , if it be such only as the governing as the governing passion loves to ...
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