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As the Duke of Buckingham has observ'd , the first Business of a Tragic Poet is to
draw a Plan of his Delign , and having plac'd it in a just Light , and in one Vicw he
may best jidge of its probability : But then he must consider , that in this ' Plan ...
As the Duke of Buckingham has observ'd , the first Business of a Tragic Poet is to
draw a Plan of his Delign , and having plac'd it in a just Light , and in one Vicw he
may best jidge of its probability : But then he must consider , that in this ' Plan ...
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At least when two Gentienen set themselves to alter a Poet of Shakespear's
Genius , one wou'd expect , that they shou'd eideavour to correct his Errors not to
add more . Ic had been extreamly easy for Sir William and Mr. Dryden to have ...
At least when two Gentienen set themselves to alter a Poet of Shakespear's
Genius , one wou'd expect , that they shou'd eideavour to correct his Errors not to
add more . Ic had been extreamly easy for Sir William and Mr. Dryden to have ...
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... Homer , and I recommended Euripides to his Pen , huc hie reply'd that he did
not like the Poet , which was a Proof that he had but little Taste of Nature , or that
he was affraid to do that Poet Justice in the English Language , left his charming .
... Homer , and I recommended Euripides to his Pen , huc hie reply'd that he did
not like the Poet , which was a Proof that he had but little Taste of Nature , or that
he was affraid to do that Poet Justice in the English Language , left his charming .
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Essay on the Art Rise and Progress of the Stage in Greece Rome | i |
The Glossary Ixviü | lxix |
Venus and Adonis | 1 |
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