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That the Stage has been often lieentious , and its managers eccentric , is beyond all doubt ; but this is no argument against its usefulness , or any just cause for its supprefsion . The Pulpit , as well as the Stage , has , by bad men ...
That the Stage has been often lieentious , and its managers eccentric , is beyond all doubt ; but this is no argument against its usefulness , or any just cause for its supprefsion . The Pulpit , as well as the Stage , has , by bad men ...
Page 200
... The Greeks expect them , and our heroes wait . Proud as he is , that iron heart retains Its fubborn purpose , and his friends disdains . Stern , and unpitying ! if a brother bleed , On just atonement , we remit the deed ...
... The Greeks expect them , and our heroes wait . Proud as he is , that iron heart retains Its fubborn purpose , and his friends disdains . Stern , and unpitying ! if a brother bleed , On just atonement , we remit the deed ...
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a Not till the flames , by Hector's fury thrown , Consume your vessels , and approach my own ; Just there , the impetuous homicide shall stand , There cease his battel , and there feel our hand . To illustrate this point still farther ...
a Not till the flames , by Hector's fury thrown , Consume your vessels , and approach my own ; Just there , the impetuous homicide shall stand , There cease his battel , and there feel our hand . To illustrate this point still farther ...
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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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