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As the FABLE is the part immediately offer'd to the reader's confideration , and intended as an agreeable ve- hicle to convey the moral , it ought to be bold , lively , and furprifing , that it may excite curiofity and fupport at- ...
As the FABLE is the part immediately offer'd to the reader's confideration , and intended as an agreeable ve- hicle to convey the moral , it ought to be bold , lively , and furprifing , that it may excite curiofity and fupport at- ...
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In Tragedy , as well as Comedy , the effential parts are the Fable , Manners , Sentiments , and Diction . The Fable is of Tragedy the end , To which the grand defign does wholly tend . The Poet here employs his care and art To move the ...
In Tragedy , as well as Comedy , the effential parts are the Fable , Manners , Sentiments , and Diction . The Fable is of Tragedy the end , To which the grand defign does wholly tend . The Poet here employs his care and art To move the ...
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The thread of Milton's fable is not broken off abruptly , but , like that of the Odyssey , spun out to the laft . He does not conclude , or part with Adam and Eve , till they are driven out of Paradise , and the whole action is ...
The thread of Milton's fable is not broken off abruptly , but , like that of the Odyssey , spun out to the laft . He does not conclude , or part with Adam and Eve , till they are driven out of Paradise , and the whole action is ...
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| Title | The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2 The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, John Newbery 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, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 27, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0576029955, 9780576029957 |
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