A Full Enquiry Into the Nature of the Pastoral (1717)
A Full Enquiry Into the Nature of the Pastoral (1717)
Purney Thomas
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The difference between the Knowledge of our Shepherds, and that ofpoliter Persons, must not proceed in the least from any differencein their Natural Endowments, but entirely from the manner of theirEducations. The Poet therefore, has nothing to do in this Case, but toconsider what is most probable for Nature to effect, unassisted by Art. As for a Shepherd's knowing what the ancient Poets have deliver'd, concerning the different Ages, and other things, I shall not determinewhether 'tis natural o...r not: because not only _Theocritus_, whoseShepherds are as well vers'd in History as other Men, and _Virgil_, whose Shepherds are often Philosophers, have gone in this way, but ourCountryman Mr. Phillips also, whose excellency is his Correctness. (Lang. ) _Thrice happy Shepherds now! for_ Dorset _loves The Country Muse, and our delightful Groves. While_ Anna _reigns. O ever may she reign!_ And bring on Earth a Golden-Age again. _Pastor_. 6. I shall leave the Reader also to determine concerning the followingpiece of Knowledge.
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