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... excellence of the critic's taste than his genius.2 One or two poets , indeed , seem at present born to redeem the honour of their country . Metastasio " Be it his greatest merit , therefore , to , " etc. - First edition . 2 Here the ...
... excellence of the critic's taste than his genius.2 One or two poets , indeed , seem at present born to redeem the honour of their country . Metastasio " Be it his greatest merit , therefore , to , " etc. - First edition . 2 Here the ...
Pagina 104
... excellence or defects determine the moral , as well as the literary , merits of either . If , then , there ever comes a time when taste is so far depraved among us that critics shall load every work of genius with unnecessary comment ...
... excellence or defects determine the moral , as well as the literary , merits of either . If , then , there ever comes a time when taste is so far depraved among us that critics shall load every work of genius with unnecessary comment ...
Pagina 275
... excellence of the Ban- gorian Controversy , ' and the absurdity of an in- 1 A long and learned controversy , occasioned by a sermon on John xviii . , 36 , " My kingdom is not of this world , " preached before George I. , in 1717 , by ...
... excellence of the Ban- gorian Controversy , ' and the absurdity of an in- 1 A long and learned controversy , occasioned by a sermon on John xviii . , 36 , " My kingdom is not of this world , " preached before George I. , in 1717 , by ...
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Of the present state of polite learning in Italy | 27 |
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