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Addison admiration aesthetic Age of Johnson ancients appeared Aristotle Aristotle's Augustan beauty believe Blair Boileau Bossu called classical common sense conception considered contemporaries Crit Discourse discussion doctrine drama Dryden edition eighteenth century Elizabethan emotion England English Poetry epic epic poetry Essay Essay on Criticism expression faculty Faerie Queene fancy fiction follows French critics genius Goldsmith Gondibert Greek Homer Horace human Hurd Hurd's Ibid illustrate imagination imitation influence Joseph Warton judgment Kames laws Le Bossu Letters literary criticism literature London Longinus manners merit Milton mind modern moral nature neo-classic neo-classicism neo-classicists objects observes opinion original passage passion philosophy poem poet poet's poetic Pope Pope's praised precepts Preface principles pseudo-classic quoted Rambler rational rationalistic reader reason remarks Reynolds romantic rules says sentiment Shakespeare Spenser Spingarn statement sublime taste thinks Thomas Warton thought tragedy truth unity Vicesimus Knox William Shenstone writers