The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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Page 280
... noble ; but there is not the fame Atrain of fublimity , which we find in the Iliad , tho ' per- haps there is more propriety . Virgil advances with an uniform , majestic pace ; he maintains a dignity that charms and attracts all ...
... noble ; but there is not the fame Atrain of fublimity , which we find in the Iliad , tho ' per- haps there is more propriety . Virgil advances with an uniform , majestic pace ; he maintains a dignity that charms and attracts all ...
Page 358
... noble and expreffive words in the language . To be concise - If there is no poetry without verfe , there can be none in the English verfion of the Pfalms of David , the Book of Job , the Song of Solomon , or in any part of the Old ...
... noble and expreffive words in the language . To be concise - If there is no poetry without verfe , there can be none in the English verfion of the Pfalms of David , the Book of Job , the Song of Solomon , or in any part of the Old ...
Page 381
... noble , elegant and proper . Shakespeare pleases us more than any dramatic poet of his time ; because , as he has confulted nature more than books , his thoughts are , for the most part , new and noble . He faw or felt the things he has ...
... noble , elegant and proper . Shakespeare pleases us more than any dramatic poet of his time ; because , as he has confulted nature more than books , his thoughts are , for the most part , new and noble . He faw or felt the things he has ...
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