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There must likewise be a juftness and propriety in the fable , that is , it must be closely connected with the subject on which it is employed ; . for notwithstanding the boundless compass allowed the imagination in thelwritings ...
There must likewise be a juftness and propriety in the fable , that is , it must be closely connected with the subject on which it is employed ; . for notwithstanding the boundless compass allowed the imagination in thelwritings ...
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art . pursue it , and never more return to their subject . But this loose kind of ode , which seems to rejeet all method , and in which the poet having just touched upon his subject , immediately diverts to another , we should think ...
art . pursue it , and never more return to their subject . But this loose kind of ode , which seems to rejeet all method , and in which the poet having just touched upon his subject , immediately diverts to another , we should think ...
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The variety of subjects , which are allowed the lyric poet , makes it necessary to consider this species of poetry ... The song admits of almost any subject ; but the greatest part of them turn either upon love , contentment , or the ...
The variety of subjects , which are allowed the lyric poet , makes it necessary to consider this species of poetry ... The song admits of almost any subject ; but the greatest part of them turn either upon love , contentment , or the ...
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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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