English Critical Texts: 16th Century to 20th CenturyDennis Joseph Enright, Ernst De Chickera Oxford University Press, 1962 - 398 pages |
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... poesy more 1310 than myself do , namely to be a very inspiring of a divine force , far above man's wit as in the aforenamed dialogue is apparent . Of the other side , who would show the honours have been by the best sort of judgements ...
... poesy more 1310 than myself do , namely to be a very inspiring of a divine force , far above man's wit as in the aforenamed dialogue is apparent . Of the other side , who would show the honours have been by the best sort of judgements ...
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... poesy ! that hath anciently had kings , emperors , senators , great captains , such as , besides a thousand others , David , Adrian , Sophocles , Germanicus , not only to favour poets , but to be poets ; and of our nearer times can ...
... poesy ! that hath anciently had kings , emperors , senators , great captains , such as , besides a thousand others , David , Adrian , Sophocles , Germanicus , not only to favour poets , but to be poets ; and of our nearer times can ...
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... poesy , 155 and in some surpass them ; neither know I any reason why I may not be as zealous for the reputation of our age , as we find the ancients themselves were in reference to those who lived before them . For you hear your Horace ...
... poesy , 155 and in some surpass them ; neither know I any reason why I may not be as zealous for the reputation of our age , as we find the ancients themselves were in reference to those who lived before them . For you hear your Horace ...
Contents
An Essay of Dramatic Poesy | 50 |
An Essay on Criticism III | 111 |
Preface to Shakespeare | 131 |
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