Literary Criticism of Seventeenth-century EnglandEdward W. Tayler |
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... Plain Dealer , whom I am proud to call my Friend , has oblig'd all hon- est and vertuous Men , by one of the most bold , most general , and most useful Satyres which has ever been presented on the English Theater . I do not dispute the ...
... Plain Dealer , whom I am proud to call my Friend , has oblig'd all hon- est and vertuous Men , by one of the most bold , most general , and most useful Satyres which has ever been presented on the English Theater . I do not dispute the ...
Page 365
... Plain , Perish'd with Pharaoh in th ' Arabian Main . What - e're you write of Pleasant or Sublime , Always let sense accompany your Rhyme : Falsely they seem each other to oppose ; Rhyme must be made with Reason's Laws to close : And ...
... Plain , Perish'd with Pharaoh in th ' Arabian Main . What - e're you write of Pleasant or Sublime , Always let sense accompany your Rhyme : Falsely they seem each other to oppose ; Rhyme must be made with Reason's Laws to close : And ...
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... Plain , And left the Villages to Fleckno's Reign . Let not so mean a Style your muse debase ; But learn from Butler the Buffooning grace : And let Burlesque in Ballads be employ'd ; Yet noisy Bumbast carefully avoid , Nor think to raise ...
... Plain , And left the Villages to Fleckno's Reign . Let not so mean a Style your muse debase ; But learn from Butler the Buffooning grace : And let Burlesque in Ballads be employ'd ; Yet noisy Bumbast carefully avoid , Nor think to raise ...
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