Hudibras: A Poem, in Three Cantos, Volume 1, Issue 1Rickaby, 1793 - 317 pages |
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Page xxiii
... must be confidered as an original species of poetry , a compofition fui generis . Unde nil majus generatur ipfo ; Nec viget quidquam fimile aut fecundum . Hudibras has been compared to the Satyre Menippèe de la vertu du Catholicon d ...
... must be confidered as an original species of poetry , a compofition fui generis . Unde nil majus generatur ipfo ; Nec viget quidquam fimile aut fecundum . Hudibras has been compared to the Satyre Menippèe de la vertu du Catholicon d ...
Page xxix
... must be the work of a more recent author , as the Dean has proved : his real name seems to have been Heraclitus ( not the philofopher ) , and nothing more is known of him , but that Euftathius often cites him in his comment Proclus ...
... must be the work of a more recent author , as the Dean has proved : his real name seems to have been Heraclitus ( not the philofopher ) , and nothing more is known of him , but that Euftathius often cites him in his comment Proclus ...
Page xxxii
... must be allowed that our poet doth not exhibit his hero with the dignity of Cervantes ; but the principal fault of the poem is , that the parts are unconnected , and the story not interesting : the reader may leave off without being ...
... must be allowed that our poet doth not exhibit his hero with the dignity of Cervantes ; but the principal fault of the poem is , that the parts are unconnected , and the story not interesting : the reader may leave off without being ...
Page xxxiv
... must plead guilty . The frequent pleasure and amufement he had received from the perufal of the poem , naturally bred a refpect for the memory and character of the author , which is further en- deared to him , by a local relation to the ...
... must plead guilty . The frequent pleasure and amufement he had received from the perufal of the poem , naturally bred a refpect for the memory and character of the author , which is further en- deared to him , by a local relation to the ...
Page xxxvi
... must unavoidably have coincided with , and been anticipated by Doctor Grey in numerous instances , yet much original information remained , of which a free and unreserved ufe hath been made in the fol- lowing sheets ; but he is forbid ...
... must unavoidably have coincided with , and been anticipated by Doctor Grey in numerous instances , yet much original information remained , of which a free and unreserved ufe hath been made in the fol- lowing sheets ; but he is forbid ...
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