The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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... manner of writing , as well as in many others ; tho ' their productions of this kind have generally appeared in profe . We fhall give the reader Mr. Ad- difon's allegory on pain and pleasure , because it is not only an excellent example ...
... manner of writing , as well as in many others ; tho ' their productions of this kind have generally appeared in profe . We fhall give the reader Mr. Ad- difon's allegory on pain and pleasure , because it is not only an excellent example ...
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... manner of Homer and Virgil . Every Poem should be estimated by its merit , and if the Action be great , interefting , and entire , if the Fable be fo con- trived , that the Episodes and Incidents may arife out of it in a probable , yet ...
... manner of Homer and Virgil . Every Poem should be estimated by its merit , and if the Action be great , interefting , and entire , if the Fable be fo con- trived , that the Episodes and Incidents may arife out of it in a probable , yet ...
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... manner , not only in his Fable , Allegories , Machinery and Characters , but even in his Defcriptions , Images and Similies , which are ever bold and animated . Every thing is alive in Homer . There is little of Narration ; for the ...
... manner , not only in his Fable , Allegories , Machinery and Characters , but even in his Defcriptions , Images and Similies , which are ever bold and animated . Every thing is alive in Homer . There is little of Narration ; for the ...
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