Literary Criticism of Seventeenth-century EnglandEdward W. Tayler |
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Page 138
... perfect . But , Judgement when it is greatest , if reason doth not accompany it , is not ever abso- lute . To judge of Poets is only the facultie of Poets ; and not of all Poets , but the best . Nemo infæliciùs de Poetis judicavit ...
... perfect . But , Judgement when it is greatest , if reason doth not accompany it , is not ever abso- lute . To judge of Poets is only the facultie of Poets ; and not of all Poets , but the best . Nemo infæliciùs de Poetis judicavit ...
Page 141
... perfect , and intire Action ; as one perfect , and intire place is requir'd to a building . By perfect , wee understand that , to which nothing is wanting ; as Place to the building , that is rais'd , and Action to the fable , that is ...
... perfect , and intire Action ; as one perfect , and intire place is requir'd to a building . By perfect , wee understand that , to which nothing is wanting ; as Place to the building , that is rais'd , and Action to the fable , that is ...
Page 205
... perfect com- pound , which will the better appear by taking a survey of every severall clause thereof by it self . The Frame thereof seemd partly Circular , And part Triangular— By these Figures , I conceive that he means the mind and ...
... perfect com- pound , which will the better appear by taking a survey of every severall clause thereof by it self . The Frame thereof seemd partly Circular , And part Triangular— By these Figures , I conceive that he means the mind and ...
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