The Dunciad, Variorum 1729 |
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... CRITICISM , of which hear first the most Ancient of criticks , Mr. JOHN DENNIS . A 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 . A 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 ( faith he ) which was published some months " fince , is a mafter - piece in its kind . The observations follow one ano- ther , like thofe in Horace's art of poetry , without that methodical “ . regularity , which would have ...
... Criticism ( faith he ) which was published some months " fince , is a mafter - piece in its kind . The observations follow one ano- ther , like thofe in Horace's art of poetry , without that methodical “ . regularity , which would have ...
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... Criticism ,, namely smartness , quick censure , 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 otherwife in Poetry ; witness the works . of ...
... Criticism ,, namely smartness , quick censure , 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 otherwife in Poetry ; witness the works . of ...
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