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To this let me add , that the whole must be clear and in- telligible , for the " Fable , as Mr. Hughes obferves , being defign'd only to cloath and adorn the moral , but not to hide it , should resemble the draperies we admire in fome ...
To this let me add , that the whole must be clear and in- telligible , for the " Fable , as Mr. Hughes obferves , being defign'd only to cloath and adorn the moral , but not to hide it , should resemble the draperies we admire in fome ...
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The ancients in their odes indulged such a liberty of fancy , that fome of their best poets not only make bold excurfions and digreffions , but having in their flights . tarted fome new and noble thought , they frequently purfue it ...
The ancients in their odes indulged such a liberty of fancy , that fome of their best poets not only make bold excurfions and digreffions , but having in their flights . tarted fome new and noble thought , they frequently purfue it ...
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Of well chofe words fome take not care enough , And think they should be as the subject rough : But fatire must be more exactly made , And sharpeft thoughts in smootheft words convey'd . Duke of Bucks's ESSAY .
Of well chofe words fome take not care enough , And think they should be as the subject rough : But fatire must be more exactly made , And sharpeft thoughts in smootheft words convey'd . Duke of Bucks's ESSAY .
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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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