The British Essayists: SpectatorAlexander Chalmers J. M'Creery, Printer, 1817 |
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... Dryden is very sparing in it . Milton had a genius much above it . Spenser is in the same class with Milton . The Italians , even in their epic poetry , are full of it . Monsieur Boileau , who formed himself upon the ancient poets , has ...
... Dryden is very sparing in it . Milton had a genius much above it . Spenser is in the same class with Milton . The Italians , even in their epic poetry , are full of it . Monsieur Boileau , who formed himself upon the ancient poets , has ...
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... Dryden's definition of wit ; which , with all the deference that is due to the judgment of so great a man , is not so properly a definition of wit as of good writing in general . Wit , as he defines it , is a propriety of words and X ...
... Dryden's definition of wit ; which , with all the deference that is due to the judgment of so great a man , is not so properly a definition of wit as of good writing in general . Wit , as he defines it , is a propriety of words and X ...
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... Dryden was not only a better poet , but a greater wit than Mr. Cowley ; and Virgil a much more face- tious man than either Ovid or Martial . Bouhours , whom I look upon to be the most pe- netrating of all the French critics , has taken ...
... Dryden was not only a better poet , but a greater wit than Mr. Cowley ; and Virgil a much more face- tious man than either Ovid or Martial . Bouhours , whom I look upon to be the most pe- netrating of all the French critics , has taken ...
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... Dryden , I should not venture to observe , that the taste of most of our English poets , as well as readers , is extremely Gothic . He quotes Mon- sieur Segrais for a threefold distinction of the readers of poetry ; in the first of ...
... Dryden , I should not venture to observe , that the taste of most of our English poets , as well as readers , is extremely Gothic . He quotes Mon- sieur Segrais for a threefold distinction of the readers of poetry ; in the first of ...
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... DRYDEN . THERE is no place in the town which I so much love to frequent as the Royal Exchange . It gives me a secret satisfaction , and in some measure gratifies my vanity , as I am an Englishman , to see so rich an as- sembly of ...
... DRYDEN . THERE is no place in the town which I so much love to frequent as the Royal Exchange . It gives me a secret satisfaction , and in some measure gratifies my vanity , as I am an Englishman , to see so rich an as- sembly of ...
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