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... imitation , except it be in humour ; . . . And for humour itself , the poets of this age will be more wary than to imitate the meanness of his persons . . . . To conclude all , let us render to our predecessors what is their due ...
... imitation , except it be in humour ; . . . And for humour itself , the poets of this age will be more wary than to imitate the meanness of his persons . . . . To conclude all , let us render to our predecessors what is their due ...
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... imitation . The theory of poetic imitation was an extremely elastic body of ideas in neo - classical literary doctrine.13 Apart from referring to a technique of loose translation , 14 the ubiquitous term also covered an important ...
... imitation . The theory of poetic imitation was an extremely elastic body of ideas in neo - classical literary doctrine.13 Apart from referring to a technique of loose translation , 14 the ubiquitous term also covered an important ...
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... imitation in the sense just described , so wide in potential choice of means and range of appeal . Yet his casual observation assumes , I feel , the rest of the doctrine.16 Are the Davideis and Mac Flecknoe linked together , although ...
... imitation in the sense just described , so wide in potential choice of means and range of appeal . Yet his casual observation assumes , I feel , the rest of the doctrine.16 Are the Davideis and Mac Flecknoe linked together , although ...
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