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But it is not sufficient that the fable be correspondent with the subject , and have the properties above described ; for it must also be consistent with itself . The poet may invent what story he pleafes , and form any imaginary beings ...
But it is not sufficient that the fable be correspondent with the subject , and have the properties above described ; for it must also be consistent with itself . The poet may invent what story he pleafes , and form any imaginary beings ...
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And in the Characters he draws from life , he must iake care not to fix upon any person of his acquaintance ' who has any particular foible or affectation by which he may be distinguished from the rest of mankind ; for it is the ...
And in the Characters he draws from life , he must iake care not to fix upon any person of his acquaintance ' who has any particular foible or affectation by which he may be distinguished from the rest of mankind ; for it is the ...
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The Proteus must all shapes , all passions wear , If he would have juf Sentiments appear . With respect to the Diction , it must be adapted to the Sentiments and Characters ; and therefore the Stile of Tragedy should not always be equal ...
The Proteus must all shapes , all passions wear , If he would have juf Sentiments appear . With respect to the Diction , it must be adapted to the Sentiments and Characters ; and therefore the Stile of Tragedy should not always be equal ...
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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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