The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - English essays |
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... observed , tho ' the Words have no Senfe or Meaning ; to fay it fhorter , mere mufical Sounds are in our Art no other than nonfenfe Verfes are in Poetry . • Mufick therefore is to aggravate what is intended by Poetry ; it must always ...
... observed , tho ' the Words have no Senfe or Meaning ; to fay it fhorter , mere mufical Sounds are in our Art no other than nonfenfe Verfes are in Poetry . • Mufick therefore is to aggravate what is intended by Poetry ; it must always ...
Page 115
... observed in Virgil under this Head , and but a very few in Milton . • I fhall give but one Inftance of this Impropriety of Thought in Homer , and at the fame time compare it with an Inftance of the fame Nature , both in Virgil and ...
... observed in Virgil under this Head , and but a very few in Milton . • I fhall give but one Inftance of this Impropriety of Thought in Homer , and at the fame time compare it with an Inftance of the fame Nature , both in Virgil and ...
Page 120
... observed in that curious Piece of Anatomy . I fhould perhaps have waved this Undertaking , had not I been put in mind of my Promise by feveral of my unknown Correfpondents , who are very importunate with me to make an Example of the ...
... observed in that curious Piece of Anatomy . I fhould perhaps have waved this Undertaking , had not I been put in mind of my Promise by feveral of my unknown Correfpondents , who are very importunate with me to make an Example of the ...
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