143- ' 



THE BEE, 



OR 



LITER JR r WEEKL T IISITELLIGNCER, 



r OR 

 Wednesday, August 21. 1793. 



CRITICAL REMARKS ON SOME CELEBRATED 



Authors, 



From A Gentleman oFLixERARYEMrNENCE latelv 



DECEASED, TO A TOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO HAU 

 REQJJESTKD HIS AdVICE IN REGARD TO THE PRO- 



?ER Mode of conducting his Studies. 

 Letter vii. 



Continued fravi vol. iSr P' ^75* 



Distinction between poetry and prose , — Wiliic''s Epi- 

 goniad; — blank verse, — Sheakespeare as a dramatical 

 writer., — a rhymer ; — Milton'' s paradise lost^'—jiL 

 legro, — Penseroso,^-Lycidas, — Comus. 



\\hev you desire me to tell you what is poetry, 

 and who are the best poets in the Englifh language, 

 you impose a talk that would require talents far su- 

 perior to mine to execute in a proper and satisfacto- 

 ry manner. I fliall not therefore attempt to answer 

 your queries particularly, but {hall merely ofFer a few 

 VOL. xvi. L t i 



