Critical worksT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1811 - Theology, Doctrinal |
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... composition . Such of their writings , therefore , as deliver instructions for the exercise of this art , must be of the highest value . And , if any of them hath acquired a credit , in this respect , superior to the rest , it is ...
... composition . Such of their writings , therefore , as deliver instructions for the exercise of this art , must be of the highest value . And , if any of them hath acquired a credit , in this respect , superior to the rest , it is ...
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... composition . For , arising out of a loose , disjointed , miscellany , its method , when most regular , would be free and un- constrained ; nature demanding some chain of con- nexion , and a respect to its origin requiring that con ...
... composition . For , arising out of a loose , disjointed , miscellany , its method , when most regular , would be free and un- constrained ; nature demanding some chain of con- nexion , and a respect to its origin requiring that con ...
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... composition were exactly the same in these two poems . Though the critics on Statius , not appre- hending this identity , or exact correspondence be- tween the satire and epistle , have unnecessarily , and without warrant , altered the ...
... composition were exactly the same in these two poems . Though the critics on Statius , not appre- hending this identity , or exact correspondence be- tween the satire and epistle , have unnecessarily , and without warrant , altered the ...
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... composition , some kind of method , the intelligent reader will not be sur- prised to find the poet prosecuting his subject in a regu- lar , well - ordered plan ; which , for the more exact de- scription of it , I distinguish into three ...
... composition , some kind of method , the intelligent reader will not be sur- prised to find the poet prosecuting his subject in a regu- lar , well - ordered plan ; which , for the more exact de- scription of it , I distinguish into three ...
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... composition , as to require a set of rules , and instructions , peculiar to itself . A point , in which they agreed , but which was greatly misunderstood or ill- VOL . I. D Sic priscae motumque et luxuriem addidit arti Tibicen ...
... composition , as to require a set of rules , and instructions , peculiar to itself . A point , in which they agreed , but which was greatly misunderstood or ill- VOL . I. D Sic priscae motumque et luxuriem addidit arti Tibicen ...
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Page 76 - That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct As water is in water.
Page 29 - Inceptis gravibus plerumque et magna professis purpureus, late qui splendeat, unus et alter 15 assuitur pannus, cum lucus et ara Dianae et properantis aquae per amoenos ambitus agros, aut flumen Rhenum aut pluvius describitur arcus. sed nunc non erat his locus. et fortasse cupressum scis simulare.
Page 42 - Incident, nee quarta loqui persona laboret. .Actoris partes chorus officiumque virile Defendat," neu quid medios intercinat actus, Q,uod non proposito conducat et haereat apte...
Page 39 - Semper ad eventum festinat et in medias res Non secus ac notas auditorem rapit, et quae Desperat tractata nitescere posse relinquit ; 150 Atque ita mentitur, sic veris falsa remiscet, Primo ne medium, medio ne discrepet imum.
Page 37 - Si quid inexpertum scenae committis et audes Personam formare novam, servetur ad imum Qualis ab incepto processerit, et sibi constet.
Page 38 - Priami cantabo et nobile bellum. ' quid dignum tanto feret hic promissor hiatu ? parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. quanto rectius hic qui nil molitur inepte : 140 ' die mihi, Musa, virum, captae post tempora Troiae qui mores hominum multorum vidit et urbes.
Page 18 - Horace still charms with graceful negligence, And without method talks us into sense; Will, like a friend, familiarly convey The truest notions in the easiest way. He, who supreme in judgment, as in wit, Might boldly censure, as he boldly writ, Yet judg'd with coolness, tho' he sung with fire; His precepts teach but what his works inspire.
Page 293 - Dicitur Afrani toga convenisse Menandro ; Plautus ad exemplar Siculi properare Epicharmi ; Vincere Caecilius gravitate, Terentius arte. Hos ediscit, et hos arto stipata theatro Spectat Roma potens ; habet hos numeratque poetas Ad nostrum tempus, Livi scriptoris ab aevo.
Page 302 - Cum sociis operum, pueris et conjuge fida, Tellurem porco, Silvanum lacte piabant, Floribus et vino Genium memorem brevis aevi. Fescennina per hunc inventa licentia morem 145 Versibus alternis opprobria rustica fudit...
Page 56 - Tyrtaeusque mares animos in Martia bella versibus exacuit : dictae per carmina sortes, et vitae monstrata via est, et gratia regum Pieriis...