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Whatever excites curiosity , will always delight , and whatever delights will secure to itself a portion of the mind , ' till we are urged to the pursuit of something Rtill more new and more engaging : For it is a true , tho ' an ...
Whatever excites curiosity , will always delight , and whatever delights will secure to itself a portion of the mind , ' till we are urged to the pursuit of something Rtill more new and more engaging : For it is a true , tho ' an ...
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... picture in poetry , that , by its apt and perfect resemblance , conveys in . struction to the mind by an analogy to the senses ; and feeds and pleases the imagination , at the same time that it opens and improves the understanding .
... picture in poetry , that , by its apt and perfect resemblance , conveys in . struction to the mind by an analogy to the senses ; and feeds and pleases the imagination , at the same time that it opens and improves the understanding .
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keeps the mind even , and never lets an offence unseason , ably throw the satyrist out of his character . In writing satire care should be taken that it be true and general , that is , levelled at abuses in which numbers are concerned ...
keeps the mind even , and never lets an offence unseason , ably throw the satyrist out of his character . In writing satire care should be taken that it be true and general , that is , levelled at abuses in which numbers are concerned ...
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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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