Essays: On the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism : on Poetry and Music, as They Affect the Mind : on Laughter, and Ludicrous Composition : on the Utility of Classical Learning, Svazek 2William Creech, Edinburgh; and for E. & C. Dilly, and T. Cadell, London, 1776 - Počet stran: 555 |
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... true Poetry is a thing perfectly rational and regular ; and nothing can be more strictly philosophical , than that part of criticifm may and ought to be , which unfolds the general characters that distinguish it from other kinds of ...
... true Poetry is a thing perfectly rational and regular ; and nothing can be more strictly philosophical , than that part of criticifm may and ought to be , which unfolds the general characters that distinguish it from other kinds of ...
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... true poet , though in chufing materials he never loft fight of utility , yet in giving them form , ( and it is the form chiefly that distinguishes poetry from other writings ) , has always made the entertain- ment of mankind his ...
... true poet , though in chufing materials he never loft fight of utility , yet in giving them form , ( and it is the form chiefly that distinguishes poetry from other writings ) , has always made the entertain- ment of mankind his ...
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... true and yet pleasure is undoubtedly the immediate aim of all thofe artifices by which poetry is distinguished from other compofitions , - of the harmony , the rhythm , the ornamented language , the compact and diverfified fable : for I ...
... true and yet pleasure is undoubtedly the immediate aim of all thofe artifices by which poetry is distinguished from other compofitions , - of the harmony , the rhythm , the ornamented language , the compact and diverfified fable : for I ...
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... true poet addrefles his work , not to the giddy , nor to the worth- lefs , nor to any party , but to mankind ; and , if he means to please the general taste , must often employ instruction as one of the arts that minister to this kind ...
... true poet addrefles his work , not to the giddy , nor to the worth- lefs , nor to any party , but to mankind ; and , if he means to please the general taste , must often employ instruction as one of the arts that minister to this kind ...
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... as the fafhion of his age , often betrays him into a vulgarity , and even meannefs , of ex- preffion , which is particularly obfervable in his tranfla- 2 tions poetry and bad morality ! So true it is , 16 Part I. ON POETRY.
... as the fafhion of his age , often betrays him into a vulgarity , and even meannefs , of ex- preffion , which is particularly obfervable in his tranfla- 2 tions poetry and bad morality ! So true it is , 16 Part I. ON POETRY.
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