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... passages said to be ridiculed , were written since the Rehearsal ; at least a passage mentioned in the Preface is of a later date . " I maintained that it had merit as a general satire on the self - import- ance of dramatick authours ...
... passages said to be ridiculed , were written since the Rehearsal ; at least a passage mentioned in the Preface is of a later date . " I maintained that it had merit as a general satire on the self - import- ance of dramatick authours ...
Page 273
... passage . " Difficile quidem esse propriè communia dicere , hoc est , materiam vulgarem , notam et è medio petitam , ita immutare atque exornare , ut nova et scriptori propria videatur , ultro concedimus ; et maximi procul dubio ...
... passage . " Difficile quidem esse propriè communia dicere , hoc est , materiam vulgarem , notam et è medio petitam , ita immutare atque exornare , ut nova et scriptori propria videatur , ultro concedimus ; et maximi procul dubio ...
Page 351
... passage which Lord Monboddo admires , We were now treading that illustrious region , ' the word illustrious , contributes nothing to the mere narration ; for the fact might be told without it : but it is not , therefore , superfluous ...
... passage which Lord Monboddo admires , We were now treading that illustrious region , ' the word illustrious , contributes nothing to the mere narration ; for the fact might be told without it : but it is not , therefore , superfluous ...
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