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... poet , ver . 600 ; and of an impertinent critic , ver . 610 , & c . Character of a good critic , ver . 629. The history of criticism , and characters of the best critics : Aristotle , ver . 645. Horace , ver . 653. Dionysius , ver . 665 ...
... poet , ver . 600 ; and of an impertinent critic , ver . 610 , & c . Character of a good critic , ver . 629. The history of criticism , and characters of the best critics : Aristotle , ver . 645. Horace , ver . 653. Dionysius , ver . 665 ...
Page 66
... poet's friend , Nay , show'd his faults -- but when would poets mend ? No place so sacred from such fops is barr'd , Nor is Paul's church more safe than Paul's church- yard : Nay , fly to altars , there they'll talk you dead ; For fools ...
... poet's friend , Nay , show'd his faults -- but when would poets mend ? No place so sacred from such fops is barr'd , Nor is Paul's church more safe than Paul's church- yard : Nay , fly to altars , there they'll talk you dead ; For fools ...
Page 71
... poet to have his works understood , and particularly by your sex , that you must give me leave to explain two or three difficult terms . The Rosicrusians are a people I must bring you acquainted with . The best account I know of them is ...
... poet to have his works understood , and particularly by your sex , that you must give me leave to explain two or three difficult terms . The Rosicrusians are a people I must bring you acquainted with . The best account I know of them is ...
Page 124
... poet spread Myrtles and bays , hung hovering o'er his head . Here , in a shrine that cast a dazzling light , Sat fix'd in thought the mighty Stagyrite ; His sacred head a radiant zodiac crown'd , And various animals his sides surround ...
... poet spread Myrtles and bays , hung hovering o'er his head . Here , in a shrine that cast a dazzling light , Sat fix'd in thought the mighty Stagyrite ; His sacred head a radiant zodiac crown'd , And various animals his sides surround ...
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... poet made the silent wood pursue , This vocal wood had drawn the poet too . ON A FAN OF THE AUTHOR'S DESIGN , In which was painted the Story of Cephalus and Procris , with the Motto , ' Aura veni . ' ' COME , gentle air ! ' th ' Æolian ...
... poet made the silent wood pursue , This vocal wood had drawn the poet too . ON A FAN OF THE AUTHOR'S DESIGN , In which was painted the Story of Cephalus and Procris , with the Motto , ' Aura veni . ' ' COME , gentle air ! ' th ' Æolian ...
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