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Whilst these what nature gave disown thro ' pride , Others affect what nature has deny'd , What nature has deny'd fools will parsue , As apes are ever walking upon two . Cralus , a grateful fage ; our awe and sport !
Whilst these what nature gave disown thro ' pride , Others affect what nature has deny'd , What nature has deny'd fools will parsue , As apes are ever walking upon two . Cralus , a grateful fage ; our awe and sport !
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Had truth and nature been consulted , a conversation on the Stage would never have been confined to three persons , or their plays precisely to five acts ; fince , in the first case , there is no impropriety in bringing in a larger ...
Had truth and nature been consulted , a conversation on the Stage would never have been confined to three persons , or their plays precisely to five acts ; fince , in the first case , there is no impropriety in bringing in a larger ...
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when he discovers Ipbigenia by a letter sent by Pyla . des , which it was natural for her to send on that occasion . ... We know , indeed , that one good example , is in a work of this nature worth a thou . land precepts , and , to ...
when he discovers Ipbigenia by a letter sent by Pyla . des , which it was natural for her to send on that occasion . ... We know , indeed , that one good example , is in a work of this nature worth a thou . land precepts , and , to ...
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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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