...entirely engross the title as to exclude those who address their productions to the plain sense and sofoer judgment of their readers, rather than to their fancy...imagination, I must repeat that I am unwilling to admit—because I conceive that, by granting such right of exclusion, a vast deal of what has been...

...only kind that has pretensions to inspiration ; still, that these poets should so entirely &ngro?s the title as to exclude those who address their productions...to their fancy and imagination, I must repeat that !• am unwilling to admit — because I conceive that, by granting such right of exclusion, a vast...

...still, that these poets should so entirely engross the title as to exclude those who address tluir productions to the plain sense and sober judgment...granting such right of exclusion, a vast deal of what hus been hitherto received as genuine poetry would no longer be entitled to that appellation. All that...

...feelings, and excites that moderate kind of sympathy which the realities of nature oftentimes fail to produce, either because they are so familiar and...that I am unwilling to admit — because I conceive 1 Midsummer Night's Dream, Act V. Scene i. that, by granting such right of exclusion, a vast deal of...

...that they have not a fair and legitimate claim to the poetic* character.' He is one of those, he says, 'who address their productions to the plain sense...readers, rather than to their fancy and imagination ' ; and he affirms that many genuine poems ' are adapted and addressed to the common-sense of the reader,...

...that they have not a fair and legitimate claim to the poetic character.' He is one of those, he says, 'who address their productions to the plain sense...readers, rather than to their fancy and imagination ' ; and he affirms that many genuine poems ' are adapted and addressed to the common-sense of the reader,...

...observes) " such tricks hath strong Imagination," and that such poets " are of imagination all compadt ;" let it be further conceded, that theirs is a higher...that I am unwilling to admit — because I conceive 1 Midsummer Night's Dream, Act V. Scene 1. that, by granting such right of exclusion, a vast deal of...

...Chaucer might have been of use, but could scarcely be adopted, from its difficulty. Ip. S7-I] That those poets should so entirely engross the title as to exclude...imagination, I must repeat that I am unwilling to admit . . . All that kind of satire wherein character is skilfully delineated must (this criterion being...