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The faults we have pointed out in this great author will , when they come to consider his excellencies , only serve to prove , what has been infilted on , and is abundantly known , that no buman performance can be perfect ; and when we ...
The faults we have pointed out in this great author will , when they come to consider his excellencies , only serve to prove , what has been infilted on , and is abundantly known , that no buman performance can be perfect ; and when we ...
Page 315
When we consider the defects of the Æneid , we cannot help observing , that the humanity of Æneas seems to be let down , by his seizing so many youths to be facrificed to the manes of his friend Pallas , as that of Achilles undoubtedly ...
When we consider the defects of the Æneid , we cannot help observing , that the humanity of Æneas seems to be let down , by his seizing so many youths to be facrificed to the manes of his friend Pallas , as that of Achilles undoubtedly ...
Page 365
We mould also consider in how many other works he has fucceeded even beyond our most fanguine expectations , and how much the learned and polite world is obliged to him for his many admirable compositions . And it is with the greatest ...
We mould also consider in how many other works he has fucceeded even beyond our most fanguine expectations , and how much the learned and polite world is obliged to him for his many admirable compositions . And it is with the greatest ...
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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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