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To some , I know this method will seem displea“ fant ; which had rather have good discipline delivered plainly in way of precepts , or sermoned at large , as they “ use , than thus cloudily enwrapped in allegorical deĢ vices .
To some , I know this method will seem displea“ fant ; which had rather have good discipline delivered plainly in way of precepts , or sermoned at large , as they “ use , than thus cloudily enwrapped in allegorical deĢ vices .
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The poem called Paradife Loft , in which Milton seems to have rivalled and excelled all other Epic poets , has for ... which are so finely conceiv'd and sublimely expressed , that they seem not inferior to what he has borrowed from the ...
The poem called Paradife Loft , in which Milton seems to have rivalled and excelled all other Epic poets , has for ... which are so finely conceiv'd and sublimely expressed , that they seem not inferior to what he has borrowed from the ...
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Before the gates there fat On either side a formidable shape ; The one seem'd woman to the waist , and fair ; But ended ... The circumftances of Death's growing more dreadful and deform'd after his debate with Satan seems to have been ...
Before the gates there fat On either side a formidable shape ; The one seem'd woman to the waist , and fair ; But ended ... The circumftances of Death's growing more dreadful and deform'd after his debate with Satan seems to have been ...
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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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