The Critical Works of John Dennis, Volume 2Johns Hopkins Press, 1943 - Criticism |
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... Poet . I now , Sir , come to the Second Point , concerning which we differ . You are pleas'd to affirm , That it is not necessary , that an Epick Poem should end happily , with relation to the Principal Character , but that the Poets ...
... Poet . I now , Sir , come to the Second Point , concerning which we differ . You are pleas'd to affirm , That it is not necessary , that an Epick Poem should end happily , with relation to the Principal Character , but that the Poets ...
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... Poet . I fancy , Sir John , that you are an utter Stranger to the Works of that great Poet , or sure you could never affirm in Contempt of his Authority , what you assert at the end of this Paragraph , that a Dramatick Work can never be ...
... Poet . I fancy , Sir John , that you are an utter Stranger to the Works of that great Poet , or sure you could never affirm in Contempt of his Authority , what you assert at the end of this Paragraph , that a Dramatick Work can never be ...
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... Poets , being very proud , and very ignorant , have rejected all these with Disdain . Which puts me in mind of the following Lines of my Lord . Roscommon , in his Translation of Horace's Art of Poetry : Why is he honour'd with a Poet's ...
... Poets , being very proud , and very ignorant , have rejected all these with Disdain . Which puts me in mind of the following Lines of my Lord . Roscommon , in his Translation of Horace's Art of Poetry : Why is he honour'd with a Poet's ...
Contents
Introduction | vii |
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Shakespear 1712 | 1 |
Appendix excerpts and miscellaneousContinued X From the Prologue to Gibraltar 1705 | 39 |
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