The Poetics of Marcus Hieronymus Vida ... ; with translations from the Latin of dr. Lowth, mr. Gray, and other. By J. Hampson |
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... because they spring from what they love ftill more fondly , their exquifite felves . In the unqualified commendation of his great model , our poet feems to have forgotten , that perfection is no attribute of humanity ; that if it be ...
... because they spring from what they love ftill more fondly , their exquifite felves . In the unqualified commendation of his great model , our poet feems to have forgotten , that perfection is no attribute of humanity ; that if it be ...
Page 179
... because proximity of age has a fingular tendency to excite attention , or because relations of melancholy events have a peculiar influence on tender and inexperienced minds . 202. From Vida's mode of expreffion in this paffage , one ...
... because proximity of age has a fingular tendency to excite attention , or because relations of melancholy events have a peculiar influence on tender and inexperienced minds . 202. From Vida's mode of expreffion in this paffage , one ...
Page 191
... because , if this is not the cafe , he will be involved in continual doubt and uncer- tainty . 455. Tybur , now Tivoli , is a city of Campania , in the Pope's territory , near one of the falls of the Teverone , fixteen miles East from ...
... because , if this is not the cafe , he will be involved in continual doubt and uncer- tainty . 455. Tybur , now Tivoli , is a city of Campania , in the Pope's territory , near one of the falls of the Teverone , fixteen miles East from ...
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... because a ftream cannot be pure and limpid , and yet foul with ftains . But before he is proved guilty of a bull , it must be fhewn that he has made his rivulet at one and the fame time limpid and yet foul ; and it must be farther ...
... because a ftream cannot be pure and limpid , and yet foul with ftains . But before he is proved guilty of a bull , it must be fhewn that he has made his rivulet at one and the fame time limpid and yet foul ; and it must be farther ...
Page 198
... because I suspect him to have been pre- judiced against Addison as a Christian and a man of virtue ; and to have criticifed with all the rancour of infidelity on his mind . He fpeaks of his poetry in general with a contempt it cannot ...
... because I suspect him to have been pre- judiced against Addison as a Christian and a man of virtue ; and to have criticifed with all the rancour of infidelity on his mind . He fpeaks of his poetry in general with a contempt it cannot ...
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