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... his plan and divided it into twelve books , according to the number of virtues he intended to celebrate , and assigned to each an entire book , there is no uniformity of action . The books are independent of one another , and appear ...
... his plan and divided it into twelve books , according to the number of virtues he intended to celebrate , and assigned to each an entire book , there is no uniformity of action . The books are independent of one another , and appear ...
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To make these easy and natural , some reason fould appear to the audience , why each person goes out and comes in : and , as the success of a Play depends much upon the business transacted on the Stage , one part Mould succeed another ...
To make these easy and natural , some reason fould appear to the audience , why each person goes out and comes in : and , as the success of a Play depends much upon the business transacted on the Stage , one part Mould succeed another ...
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His verses without rule a method find , And of themselves appear in order join'd . All without trouble answers his intent , Each syllable ftill tending to th'Event . Let his example your endeavours raise ; To love his writings is a kind ...
His verses without rule a method find , And of themselves appear in order join'd . All without trouble answers his intent , Each syllable ftill tending to th'Event . Let his example your endeavours raise ; To love his writings is a kind ...
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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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