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His episodes are numerous and beautiful . That , in the fifth canto of the first book , wherein Duesa follicits she aid of Night to convey the wounded Pagan to the realms below , for Æfculapius to cure him , has been much admired ...
His episodes are numerous and beautiful . That , in the fifth canto of the first book , wherein Duesa follicits she aid of Night to convey the wounded Pagan to the realms below , for Æfculapius to cure him , has been much admired ...
Page 344
Sin springing out of the head of Satan is a beautiful allegory of pride , which is supposed to be the firft offence committed against God . There is likewise great propriety in the office assigned to Sin , who is the Portress of Hell ...
Sin springing out of the head of Satan is a beautiful allegory of pride , which is supposed to be the firft offence committed against God . There is likewise great propriety in the office assigned to Sin , who is the Portress of Hell ...
Page 357
He , like our great Spencer , has conceived beings out of nature , and , like him , decked his phantoms in such beautiful colours and sich ornaments , that they meet with respect and appiause in every company : but , however excellent ...
He , like our great Spencer , has conceived beings out of nature , and , like him , decked his phantoms in such beautiful colours and sich ornaments , that they meet with respect and appiause in every company : but , however excellent ...
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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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