The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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Page 41
... fong , but with the moderns the ode and the fong are confider'd as different compofitions ; the ode being ufually employed in grave and lofty fubjects , and feldom fung but on folemn occafions . The fubjects moft proper for the ode and ...
... fong , but with the moderns the ode and the fong are confider'd as different compofitions ; the ode being ufually employed in grave and lofty fubjects , and feldom fung but on folemn occafions . The fubjects moft proper for the ode and ...
Page 53
... fong has fixed many a man to the bottle who had no need of drink ; and in this cafe , perhaps , wit has been often employed againft itself , and forged arms for its own deftruction . The Tippling Philofophers is esteem'd one of the best ...
... fong has fixed many a man to the bottle who had no need of drink ; and in this cafe , perhaps , wit has been often employed againft itself , and forged arms for its own deftruction . The Tippling Philofophers is esteem'd one of the best ...
Page 72
... fong , or ode , of Mofes ; which is the oldeft that we know of , and was penn'd by that divine author , immediately after the children of Ifrael crofled the Red - Sea . " Then fang Mofes and the children of Ifrael this fong unto the ...
... fong , or ode , of Mofes ; which is the oldeft that we know of , and was penn'd by that divine author , immediately after the children of Ifrael crofled the Red - Sea . " Then fang Mofes and the children of Ifrael this fong unto the ...
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