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Page 104
... paffage in the famous Differtation on the fixth Book of Virgil : - " : - " Juft as Virgil rivalled Homer , fo Milton emu- lated both of them . He found Homer poffeffed of the province of Morality ; Virgil of Politics ; and nothing left ...
... paffage in the famous Differtation on the fixth Book of Virgil : - " : - " Juft as Virgil rivalled Homer , fo Milton emu- lated both of them . He found Homer poffeffed of the province of Morality ; Virgil of Politics ; and nothing left ...
Page 108
... paffage on this fubject in a dialogue of Plato , which I fhall enlarge upon , for two reafons : 1ft , As it proves that the latter perfuafion concerning the purpose of Homer was entertained at Athens ; and 2dly , Because it gives me a ...
... paffage on this fubject in a dialogue of Plato , which I fhall enlarge upon , for two reafons : 1ft , As it proves that the latter perfuafion concerning the purpose of Homer was entertained at Athens ; and 2dly , Because it gives me a ...
Page 109
... paffages in the Poetics of Aristotle ; and this oppofi- tion may be grounded , not fo much on the fentence which I have quoted from Plato , as on the probable conduct of Epic compofition in the early ages of Poetry . In fuch periods as ...
... paffages in the Poetics of Aristotle ; and this oppofi- tion may be grounded , not fo much on the fentence which I have quoted from Plato , as on the probable conduct of Epic compofition in the early ages of Poetry . In fuch periods as ...
Page 111
... paffages . Having ridiculed , with great fpirit and propriety , War- burton's general idea of the neid as a political inftitute , and his ill - fupported affertion , that both the ancient and modern poets afforded Virgil a pattern for ...
... paffages . Having ridiculed , with great fpirit and propriety , War- burton's general idea of the neid as a political inftitute , and his ill - fupported affertion , that both the ancient and modern poets afforded Virgil a pattern for ...
Page 113
... with particular paffages , and with the general character of the Poet , the Effayift proceeds to alledge " two fimple reafons , which perfuade I him : him that Virgil has not revealed the fecret of the FIRST EPISTLE . 113.
... with particular paffages , and with the general character of the Poet , the Effayift proceeds to alledge " two fimple reafons , which perfuade I him : him that Virgil has not revealed the fecret of the FIRST EPISTLE . 113.
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