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Pagina 70
... fubject which he intended to write upon , and afterwards conform the defcription to the figure of his fubject . The poetry was to con- tract or dilate itself according to the mould in which it was caft . In a word , the verfes were to ...
... fubject which he intended to write upon , and afterwards conform the defcription to the figure of his fubject . The poetry was to con- tract or dilate itself according to the mould in which it was caft . In a word , the verfes were to ...
Pagina 75
... fubject , than what that author has made use of in his Elements . I fhall only appeal to my rea- der , if this definition agrees with any notion he has of wit ; if it be a true one , I am fure Mr. Dryden was not only a better poet , but ...
... fubject , than what that author has made use of in his Elements . I fhall only appeal to my rea- der , if this definition agrees with any notion he has of wit ; if it be a true one , I am fure Mr. Dryden was not only a better poet , but ...
Pagina 76
... fubject without obferv- ing , that as Mr. Locke , in the paffage abovemen- tioned , has difcovered the most fruitful fource of wit , fo there is another of a quite contrary nature to it , which does likewife branch itfeif out into ...
... fubject without obferv- ing , that as Mr. Locke , in the paffage abovemen- tioned , has difcovered the most fruitful fource of wit , fo there is another of a quite contrary nature to it , which does likewife branch itfeif out into ...
Pagina 62
... fubject . ' If this be a true definition of wit , I am apt to think that Euclid was the greatest wit that ever fet pen to paper : it is certain that never was a greater propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the fubject , than what ...
... fubject . ' If this be a true definition of wit , I am apt to think that Euclid was the greatest wit that ever fet pen to paper : it is certain that never was a greater propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the fubject , than what ...
Pagina 62
... fubject of my late papers . Methought I was tranfported into a country that was filled with prodigies and er chantments , governed by the goddess of Faithood , and intitled The Region of falfe Wit . There was nothing in the fields , the ...
... fubject of my late papers . Methought I was tranfported into a country that was filled with prodigies and er chantments , governed by the goddess of Faithood , and intitled The Region of falfe Wit . There was nothing in the fields , the ...
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