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It may be necessary to observe , how . ever , that it is of very ancient date , and fif we believe Horace ) was introduced , by way of interlude , by the Greek dramatic poets in their Tragedies , to relieve the audience , and take off ...
It may be necessary to observe , how . ever , that it is of very ancient date , and fif we believe Horace ) was introduced , by way of interlude , by the Greek dramatic poets in their Tragedies , to relieve the audience , and take off ...
Page 313
When the gods are thus introduced in a poem , to help on any fact with which they are particularly supposed to be concerned , I call that machinery easy and obvious : and when the god thus introduced is the most proper that could be ...
When the gods are thus introduced in a poem , to help on any fact with which they are particularly supposed to be concerned , I call that machinery easy and obvious : and when the god thus introduced is the most proper that could be ...
Page 369
They have not only difturbed all heaven and hell with their broils , but introduced the gods and goddesfes shading and protecting their heroes with clouds , and forging shields and other celestial armour for their defence .
They have not only difturbed all heaven and hell with their broils , but introduced the gods and goddesfes shading and protecting their heroes with clouds , and forging shields and other celestial armour for their defence .
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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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