An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in which from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting EpigramsNicole, Pierre
Philosophy
An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in which from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting Epigrams
Nicole, Pierre
Epigrams -- History and criticism
4. _Essay on Wit_ (1748), together with Characters by Flecknoe,
and Joseph Warton's _Adventurer_ Nos. 127 and 133. (I, 2)
5. Samuel Wesley's _Epistle to a Friend Concerning Poetry_ (1700)
and _Essay on Heroic Poetry_ (1693). (II, 2)
6. _Representation of the Impiety and Immorality of the Stage_
(1704) and _Some Thoughts Concerning the Stage_ (1704). (III, 2)
Second Year (1947-1948)
7. John Gay's _The Present State of Wit_ (1711); and a section on
Wit from _The English Theophrastus_ (1702). (I, 3)
8. Rapin's _De Carmine Pastorali_, translated by Creech (1684).
(II, 3)
9. T. Hanmer's (?) _Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet_
(1736). (III, 3)
10. Corbyn Morris' _Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of
Wit, etc._ (1744). (I, 4)
11. Thomas Purney's _Discourse on the Pastoral_ (1717). (II, 4)
12. Essays on the Stage, selected, with an Introduction by Joseph
Wood Krutch. (III, 4)
Third Year (1948-1949)
13. Sir John Falstaff (pseud.), _The Theatre_ (1720). (IV, 1)
14 Edward Moore's _The Gamester_ (1753). (V, 1)
15. John Oldmixon's _Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to Harley_
(1712); and Arthur Mainwaring's _The British Academy_ (1712).
(VI, 1)
16. Nevil Payne's _Fatal Jealousy_ (1673). (V, 2)
17. Nicholas Rowe's _Some Account of the Life of Mr. William
Shakespear_ (1709). (Extra Series, 1)
18. Aaron Hill's Preface to _The Creation_; and Thomas Brereton's
Preface to _Esther_. (IV, 2)
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Transcriber's Notes:
On p. 23, a letter was missing in one of the words; it was changed as
follows:
From: "when they are orn down and laughed at."
To: "when they are torn down and laughed at."
On p. 35, footnote #24, removed the repeated word "is":
From: "from which this phrase is is quoted"
To: "from which this phrase is quoted"
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