Excerpt from Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Vol. 3 of 3 Lectures could not be entitled to any attention; that is, I {hall freely deliver my own Opinion on every fubje???t; regarding authority no farther, than as it appears to me founded on good fenfe and reafon. In former Le???tures, as I have often quoted feveral of the antient claflics for their beauties, fo I have alfo, fometimes, pointed out their defe???'cs. Hereafter, I Iball have occafion to do the fame, when treating'of their writings under more ...
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Excerpt from Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Vol. 3 of 3 Lectures could not be entitled to any attention; that is, I {hall freely deliver my own Opinion on every fubje???t; regarding authority no farther, than as it appears to me founded on good fenfe and reafon. In former Le???tures, as I have often quoted feveral of the antient claflics for their beauties, fo I have alfo, fometimes, pointed out their defe???'cs. Hereafter, I Iball have occafion to do the fame, when treating'of their writings under more general heads. It may be fit, there fore, that, before I proceed farther, I make fome ebfervations on the comparative merit of the An tients and the Modems; in order that we may be able to afcertain rationally, upon what foundation that deference rel'ts, which has fo generally been paid to the antients. Thefe obfervations are the more neceifary, as this fubje???t has given rife to no {mall controverfv in the Republic of Lett\ers; and they may, with propriety, be made now, as they will ferve to throw light on fome things I have afterwards to deliver, concerning different kinds. Of Compofttion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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