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... CRITICISM , of which hear first the most Ancient of criticks , Mr. JOHN DENNIS . His precepts are false , or trivial , or both : his thoughts are crude , " and abortive , his expreffions abfurd , his numbers harsh , and unmu- fical ...
... CRITICISM , of which hear first the most Ancient of criticks , Mr. JOHN DENNIS . His precepts are false , or trivial , or both : his thoughts are crude , " and abortive , his expreffions abfurd , his numbers harsh , and unmu- fical ...
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... Criticism ( saith he ) which was published some months " fince , is a master - piece in its kind . The observations follow one ano- 166 << ther , like thofe in Horace's art of poetry , without that methodical " regularity , which would ...
... Criticism ( saith he ) which was published some months " fince , is a master - piece in its kind . The observations follow one ano- 166 << ther , like thofe in Horace's art of poetry , without that methodical " regularity , which would ...
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... Criticism ,, namely smartness , quick cenfure , vivacity of remark , certainty of af feveration , indeed all but acerbity , feem rather the gifts of Youth than of riper age : But it is far otherwise in Poetry ; witness the works . of Mr ...
... Criticism ,, namely smartness , quick cenfure , vivacity of remark , certainty of af feveration , indeed all but acerbity , feem rather the gifts of Youth than of riper age : But it is far otherwise in Poetry ; witness the works . of Mr ...
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