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We shall give the reader Mr. Ad . dijon's allegory on pain and pleasure , because it is not only an excellent example , but written in the manner of the ancients , and aptly introduced with the sentiments of socrates on the occasion .
We shall give the reader Mr. Ad . dijon's allegory on pain and pleasure , because it is not only an excellent example , but written in the manner of the ancients , and aptly introduced with the sentiments of socrates on the occasion .
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... those artists who are obliged to vary their manners and dimensions , as fashion or custom changes the dress . ... a Poem the title of Heroic or Epic , merely because it is not written exactly in the manner of Homer and Virgil .
... those artists who are obliged to vary their manners and dimensions , as fashion or custom changes the dress . ... a Poem the title of Heroic or Epic , merely because it is not written exactly in the manner of Homer and Virgil .
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is his amazing imagination , his fertility of invention , which is indeed the very fountain of all Poetry , and discovers itself in a miraculous manner , not only in his Fable , Allegories , Machinery and Characters , but even in his ...
is his amazing imagination , his fertility of invention , which is indeed the very fountain of all Poetry , and discovers itself in a miraculous manner , not only in his Fable , Allegories , Machinery and Characters , but even in his ...
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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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