[799:4] See Bacon, page [169].


NICHOLAS BOILEAU-DESPREAUX.  1636-1711.

Happy who in his verse can gently steer

From grave to light, from pleasant to severe.[799:5]

The Art of Poetry. Canto i. Line 75.

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Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.

The Art of Poetry. Canto iii. Line 374.

He [Molière] pleases all the world, but cannot please himself.