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But enough has been said on the excellency and use of the allegory ; it is necessary now that we explain what we mean hy allegorical poetry , and lay down such rules as ought to be observed in these compositions .
But enough has been said on the excellency and use of the allegory ; it is necessary now that we explain what we mean hy allegorical poetry , and lay down such rules as ought to be observed in these compositions .
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By this means the jeverity and dryness of the precepts were abated by the ex . amples , which , at the same time that t ! ey relieved the mind , fixed the rules in the memory . Give a boy the di .. mensions of a piece of land , or a ...
By this means the jeverity and dryness of the precepts were abated by the ex . amples , which , at the same time that t ! ey relieved the mind , fixed the rules in the memory . Give a boy the di .. mensions of a piece of land , or a ...
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To employ lofty thoughts and elevated expressions in the common concerns of life , is like placing the regal purple on a clown , which is a most certain means of turning him to ridicule . The diction of the Odyssey is such as it ought ...
To employ lofty thoughts and elevated expressions in the common concerns of life , is like placing the regal purple on a clown , which is a most certain means of turning him to ridicule . The diction of the Odyssey is such as it ought ...
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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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