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Page xii
... imitation of the ΠΑΡΘΕΝΟΝ ΕΚ ΘΑΛΑΜΟΥ of Theocritus , for an unmarried Virgin . " As Strange as this citation may appear to the learned reader , yet I think I can give fome account of it . Daniel Heinfius wrote fome cursory notes on ...
... imitation of the ΠΑΡΘΕΝΟΝ ΕΚ ΘΑΛΑΜΟΥ of Theocritus , for an unmarried Virgin . " As Strange as this citation may appear to the learned reader , yet I think I can give fome account of it . Daniel Heinfius wrote fome cursory notes on ...
Page xvii
... imitations there are likewife , very elegantly interfperfed , in other plays , which fome time or other may be pointed out : at prefent I fhall content myself with the following in King Lear , A & t III . Where the Fool thus fpeaks ...
... imitations there are likewife , very elegantly interfperfed , in other plays , which fome time or other may be pointed out : at prefent I fhall content myself with the following in King Lear , A & t III . Where the Fool thus fpeaks ...
Page 12
... imitation of the perfect " Grecians , had brought poetry to perfectness alfo in the " Latin tongue ; that we Englishmen likewise would ac- " knowledge and understand rightfully our rude beggarly < riming , brought first into Italy by ...
... imitation of the perfect " Grecians , had brought poetry to perfectness alfo in the " Latin tongue ; that we Englishmen likewise would ac- " knowledge and understand rightfully our rude beggarly < riming , brought first into Italy by ...
Page 25
... imitation , out of its power and reach , the fault is from itfelf : [ per fe , ] but when it chules not rightly , the fault is accidental [ per accidens . ] Το illuftrate from Shakefpeare . The ἁμαρτία καθ ̓ αὐτὴν , is the hiftorical ...
... imitation , out of its power and reach , the fault is from itfelf : [ per fe , ] but when it chules not rightly , the fault is accidental [ per accidens . ] Το illuftrate from Shakefpeare . The ἁμαρτία καθ ̓ αὐτὴν , is the hiftorical ...
Page 56
... imitation of an action , fhould imitate an action , which is one , and befides this a whole ; and that the parts of the feveral incidents should be fo combined together , that any one part being transposed or re- trenched , the whole ...
... imitation of an action , fhould imitate an action , which is one , and befides this a whole ; and that the parts of the feveral incidents should be fo combined together , that any one part being transposed or re- trenched , the whole ...
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