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Homer had such a comprehensive genius , such a fertile fancy , and was so well acquainted with persons and things , and especially with the passions and humours of mankind , that the antients esteemed him as the great High Priest ...
Homer had such a comprehensive genius , such a fertile fancy , and was so well acquainted with persons and things , and especially with the passions and humours of mankind , that the antients esteemed him as the great High Priest ...
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He has as many as seem necessary , and they are generally introduced with such propriety , as to lend aid to the action of the poem . Among others , that of Alecto has this effect , and is at the same time as fublime and spirited as any ...
He has as many as seem necessary , and they are generally introduced with such propriety , as to lend aid to the action of the poem . Among others , that of Alecto has this effect , and is at the same time as fublime and spirited as any ...
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When we read this work , so original and noble in its plan and contrivance , and wrought up with such wonder . ful art , it seems to us surprising , that Mr. Dryden in his preface to the translation of the Æneid , thould pass filently ...
When we read this work , so original and noble in its plan and contrivance , and wrought up with such wonder . ful art , it seems to us surprising , that Mr. Dryden in his preface to the translation of the Æneid , thould pass filently ...
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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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