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In that Fairy Queen I mean glory in my general in“ tention ; but in my particular , I conceive , the moft u excellent and glorious person of our sovereign , the queen , and her kingdom in Fairy Land . Those therefore , who consider this ...
In that Fairy Queen I mean glory in my general in“ tention ; but in my particular , I conceive , the moft u excellent and glorious person of our sovereign , the queen , and her kingdom in Fairy Land . Those therefore , who consider this ...
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The instrumental music and the voices are often excellent , and the dreffes , scenes , and machinery very grand and surprifing ; but the conduct of the Drama is , I think , an insult upon the understanding . Who can bear to hear affairs ...
The instrumental music and the voices are often excellent , and the dreffes , scenes , and machinery very grand and surprifing ; but the conduct of the Drama is , I think , an insult upon the understanding . Who can bear to hear affairs ...
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... fight of “ Adam and Eve ; his wonder at their excellent P 5 Of the EPIC or HEROIC POEM . 321 60 ...
... fight of “ Adam and Eve ; his wonder at their excellent P 5 Of the EPIC or HEROIC POEM . 321 60 ...
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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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