Sir Philip Sydney's Defense of Poetry, And, Observations on Poetry and Eloquence, from the Discoveries of Ben Jonson (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Sir Philip Sydney's Defense of Poetry, And, Observations on Poetry and Eloquence, From the Discoveries of Ben Jonson

And firl't, truly, to all them that, profelling learning, inveigh againfi Poetry may jufily be hbjeftcd, That they go very near to. Ungrateful nefs, to feek °to deface. That, which, in the no blefi nations and languages that are known, hath been 1291313. Light-giver lurigngrance, and 6041 nurfe, whole milk by little and little, em; bled them to feed afterwards of tougher know ledges. And will you play the hedg hog, that being received into the den, drove out his heft?

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