The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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Page 127
... nature gave difown thro ' pride , Others affect what nature has deny'd , What nature has deny'd fools will pursue , As apes are ever walking upon two . Craffus , a grateful fage ; our awe and sport ! Supports grave forms , for forms the ...
... nature gave difown thro ' pride , Others affect what nature has deny'd , What nature has deny'd fools will pursue , As apes are ever walking upon two . Craffus , a grateful fage ; our awe and sport ! Supports grave forms , for forms the ...
Page 156
... nature to follow Ariftotle and Horace , without confidering ( what was probably the cafe ) that thefe great critics founded their laws not always on nature , but fome- times on the practice of their beft Dramatic Writers . Had truth and ...
... nature to follow Ariftotle and Horace , without confidering ( what was probably the cafe ) that thefe great critics founded their laws not always on nature , but fome- times on the practice of their beft Dramatic Writers . Had truth and ...
Page 171
... nature worth a thou- fand precepts , and , to those who would thoroughly understand the nature of this part of Dramatic Poefy , we must recommend the conftant and careful ftudy of Shakespear , Otway , Rowe , and other Tragic Writers of ...
... nature worth a thou- fand precepts , and , to those who would thoroughly understand the nature of this part of Dramatic Poefy , we must recommend the conftant and careful ftudy of Shakespear , Otway , Rowe , and other Tragic Writers of ...
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