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Thus the Iliad and Odyley of Homer are said to be fables of this kind , and that the gods and heroes introduced are only the affections of the mind represented in a visible shape and character . They tell us , says he , that Achilles in ...
Thus the Iliad and Odyley of Homer are said to be fables of this kind , and that the gods and heroes introduced are only the affections of the mind represented in a visible shape and character . They tell us , says he , that Achilles in ...
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But Hudibras , who scorn'd to stoop To fortune , or be said to droop , Cheai'd up himself with ends of verse , And sayings of philosophers . Quoib he , th ' one half of man , his mind , Is fui juris , unconfin'd , And cannot be laid by ...
But Hudibras , who scorn'd to stoop To fortune , or be said to droop , Cheai'd up himself with ends of verse , And sayings of philosophers . Quoib he , th ' one half of man , his mind , Is fui juris , unconfin'd , And cannot be laid by ...
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The goddess stretch'd her hand , as thus she said , And clipt the sacred honours of her head ; The vital spirit flies , no more confin'd , Dissolves in air , and mingles with the wind . The defenders of Virgil have taken great pains to ...
The goddess stretch'd her hand , as thus she said , And clipt the sacred honours of her head ; The vital spirit flies , no more confin'd , Dissolves in air , and mingles with the wind . The defenders of Virgil have taken great pains to ...
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| Title | The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets ; and of Translations from the Ancients ... Volume 2 of The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets; and of Translations from the Ancients, John Newbery |
| Author | John Newbery |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Gregg International Publishers Limited, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 27, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0576029947, 9780576029940 |
| Length | 382 pages |
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