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And the description of her house , and its situation on a fandy ' hill , is truely emblematical . High Iffted A ftately palace built of squared brick , Which cunningly was without mortar laid , Whose walls were high , but nothing strong ...
And the description of her house , and its situation on a fandy ' hill , is truely emblematical . High Iffted A ftately palace built of squared brick , Which cunningly was without mortar laid , Whose walls were high , but nothing strong ...
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Mr. Sidney was particularly pleased with the description of Despair , and • expressed unusual transport , says Mr. Hughes , on “ the discovery of so new and uncommon a genius . « After he had read some stanza's , he turn'd to his ...
Mr. Sidney was particularly pleased with the description of Despair , and • expressed unusual transport , says Mr. Hughes , on “ the discovery of so new and uncommon a genius . « After he had read some stanza's , he turn'd to his ...
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And what an august , what a terrific description have we of Jupiter , in the following lines ! From this picture , Phidias , a famous Greek Statuary , is faid to have drawn his Olympian Jupiter , which was esz . teemed by the ancients a ...
And what an august , what a terrific description have we of Jupiter , in the following lines ! From this picture , Phidias , a famous Greek Statuary , is faid to have drawn his Olympian Jupiter , which was esz . teemed by the ancients a ...
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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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