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... ridicule by dreffing it in the heroic ftyle , and affecting to confider it as of the utmost dignity and importance ; and though ridicule is the poet's aim , he himself carries Scarron . + Taffoni VOL . II . F all all along a grave face ...
... ridicule by dreffing it in the heroic ftyle , and affecting to confider it as of the utmost dignity and importance ; and though ridicule is the poet's aim , he himself carries Scarron . + Taffoni VOL . II . F all all along a grave face ...
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... ridicule . que- The question ftated in accurate terms is , Whether the fenfe of ridicule be the proper teft for diftinguishing ridiculous objects from those that are not fo ? To answer this ftion with precifion , I muft premife , that ...
... ridicule . que- The question ftated in accurate terms is , Whether the fenfe of ridicule be the proper teft for diftinguishing ridiculous objects from those that are not fo ? To answer this ftion with precifion , I muft premife , that ...
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... ridicule be the true teft of what is ridiculous ? It is not only the true test , but indeed the only teft . For this is a fubject that comes not , more than beauty or grandeur , under the province of reason . If any subject , by the ...
... ridicule be the true teft of what is ridiculous ? It is not only the true test , but indeed the only teft . For this is a fubject that comes not , more than beauty or grandeur , under the province of reason . If any subject , by the ...
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PYRRHICHIUS confifts of two ſhort | 1 |
ANAPÆSTUs two fhort and a long | 7 |
PRO | 13 |
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