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The dispensary : a poem in six canto's [sic].

  • Garth, Samuel, Sir, 1661-1719
Date:
1718
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The dispensary : a poem in six canto's [sic]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The P RE FA. C#. ‘Their Grand’ Objection is, That theFuny Difea/fe is an kana Machine to recite — ~-Charaéters, and recommend the Example of prelent. Writers : But. tho’ I had the Authority of fome Greck and Latiw Poets, upon parallel Inftances, to juftifie the De- fign; yet, that | might not introduce any thing that feem’d inconfiftent or hard, [ ftarted this Objection my felf, toa Gentle- man very remarkable in this fort of Criti- cifm, who wou'd by no means allow that the Contrivance was fore’d, or the Con- duct incongruous. Difeafe is reprefented a Fury as well as Envy : She is imagin’d to be fore’d by an Incantation from her Recefs ; and to be reveng’d on the Exorcift, mortifies ‘him with an Introduction of Revit Perfons. eminent in an Accomplifhment he has made | fome Advances in, Nor is the Compliment lef to any Grane - Genius mention’d there; fince a very Fiend, who naturally repines at any Excellency, is” fore’d to confels how happily ‘They’ve all fucceeded, Their next Objection is, That T have imfrated the Lairix of Monfieur Boileau. 1 muft.