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... Italians and French ; " and that , " he at least imported his science , and gave it what it wanted before ; or rather he imported only the materials , and manufactured them by his own skill . " And this remark points out the qualities ...
... Italians and French ; " and that , " he at least imported his science , and gave it what it wanted before ; or rather he imported only the materials , and manufactured them by his own skill . " And this remark points out the qualities ...
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... Italians , and subject to a thousand more reflections , without examining their St. Lewis , their Pucelle , or their Alarique : the English have only to boast of Spenser and Milton , who neither of them wanted either genius or learning ...
... Italians , and subject to a thousand more reflections , without examining their St. Lewis , their Pucelle , or their Alarique : the English have only to boast of Spenser and Milton , who neither of them wanted either genius or learning ...
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... Italians , who have used it for whatever causes he alledges for the abolishing of rhyme ( which I have not now the leisure to examine ) , his own particular reason is plainly this , that rhyme was not his talent ; he had neither the ...
... Italians , who have used it for whatever causes he alledges for the abolishing of rhyme ( which I have not now the leisure to examine ) , his own particular reason is plainly this , that rhyme was not his talent ; he had neither the ...
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... Italian and French critics , which I want leisure here to recommend . In a word , what I have to say in relation to this subject , which does not particularly concern satire , is , that the greatness of an heroic poem , beyond that of a ...
... Italian and French critics , which I want leisure here to recommend . In a word , what I have to say in relation to this subject , which does not particularly concern satire , is , that the greatness of an heroic poem , beyond that of a ...
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... Italian farces of Harlequin and Scaramucha . Such was the poetry of that savage people , before it was turned into ... Italy ; they were also called Fescennine , from Fescennina , a town in the same country , where they were first ...
... Italian farces of Harlequin and Scaramucha . Such was the poetry of that savage people , before it was turned into ... Italy ; they were also called Fescennine , from Fescennina , a town in the same country , where they were first ...
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