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Pagina 9
... poets ; but only indulged himself in the luxury of writing ; and perhaps knew it was a fault , but hoped the reader would not find it . For this reason , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good ...
... poets ; but only indulged himself in the luxury of writing ; and perhaps knew it was a fault , but hoped the reader would not find it . For this reason , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good ...
Pagina 11
... poet but Ovid , Lucan and Boethius ; fome French translations of Livy , Valerius Maximus , and St. Auftin's City of God . He placed these in one of the towers of the old Louvre , which was called the tower of the library . This was the ...
... poet but Ovid , Lucan and Boethius ; fome French translations of Livy , Valerius Maximus , and St. Auftin's City of God . He placed these in one of the towers of the old Louvre , which was called the tower of the library . This was the ...
Pagina 23
... poet of the vulgar , who were easily capti- vated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with an empty magnificence ... poets who are unexceptionably excellent ; namely , TERENce , LucretiuS , CATUL- LUS , VIRGIL , HORACE , TIBULLUS ...
... poet of the vulgar , who were easily capti- vated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with an empty magnificence ... poets who are unexceptionably excellent ; namely , TERENce , LucretiuS , CATUL- LUS , VIRGIL , HORACE , TIBULLUS ...
Pagina 24
... , though fo fond of theatrical Spectacles ? Or why the Greeks , so fruitful in every species of poetry , yet never pro- duced but one great epic poet ? While on the the other hand , modern Italy , can fhew two 24 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... , though fo fond of theatrical Spectacles ? Or why the Greeks , so fruitful in every species of poetry , yet never pro- duced but one great epic poet ? While on the the other hand , modern Italy , can fhew two 24 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Pagina 27
... poets had the talent of expreffing himself with more force and perfpicuity than Ovid ; that the Fiat of the Hebrew law - giver is not more fublime than the Juffit et extendi campos , of the latin poet ; that he excels in the propriety ...
... poets had the talent of expreffing himself with more force and perfpicuity than Ovid ; that the Fiat of the Hebrew law - giver is not more fublime than the Juffit et extendi campos , of the latin poet ; that he excels in the propriety ...
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