...our authors; our fpeech lay before them in a heap of confufion ; and every man took for every purpofe what chance might offer him. There was therefore before the time of Dryden no poetical diction, no fyftem of words at once refined from the groffnefs of domeftick ufe, and free from the harfhnefs of...

...original rectitude was in the place of rules, this delicacy of selection was little known to our authors ; our speech lay before them in a heap of confusion...system of words at once refined from the grossness of domestic use, and free from the harshness of terms appropriated to particular arts. Words too familiar,...

...original rectitude was in the place of rules, this delicacy of selection was little known to our authors; our speech lay before them in a heap of confusion...grossness of domestick use, and free from the harshness of terras appropriated to particular arts. Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpose of a...

...rectitude was in the place of rules, this delicacy of selection was little known to* our authors ; our speech lay before them in a heap of confusion...system of words at once refined from the grossness of domestic use, and free from the harshness of terms appropriated to particular arts. Words too familiar,...

...original rectitude was in the place of rules, this delicacy of selection was little known to our authors ; our speech lay before them in a heap of confusion...system of words at once refined from the grossness of domestic use, and free from the harshness of terms appropriated to particular arts. Words too familiar,...

...original rectitude was in the place of rules, this delicacy of selection was little known to our authors ; our speech lay before them in a heap of confusion...took for every purpose what chance might offer him. . -t. There was therefore hpfargJJTg J.UHfi. of .Drydpjri , no system of words at once refinecTfrom...

...rectitude was in then place of rules, this delicacy of selection was little known to our authors ; our speech lay before them in a heap of confusion,...system of words at once refined from the grossness of domestic use, and free from the harshness of terms appropriated to particular arts. Words too familiar,...

...there was no poetical diction, no system of •words at once refined from the grogsness of domestic use, and free from the harshness of terms appropriated...familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpose of a poet ; those happy combinations of words which distinguish poetry from prose, had been rarely attempted...

...original rectitude was in the place of rules, this delicacy of selection was little known to our authors; our speech lay before them in a heap of confusion,...took for every purpose what chance might offer him. But though they did much, who can deny that they left much to do ? Their works were not many, nor were...

...original rectitude was in the place of rules, this delicacy of selection was little known to our authors ; our speech lay before them in a heap of confusion,...harshness of terms appropriated to particular arts. Waida-tQC^famiUar, or togjgmote^jiefeat the purposgjof a poet. From those sounds which we hear on small...