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The fentiments of this poem are , as the Epic requires , often fublime and 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 ...
The fentiments of this poem are , as the Epic requires , often fublime and 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 ...
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... and elevated by an inverfion of phrases , and an happy choice of the most 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 ...
... and elevated by an inverfion of phrases , and an happy choice of the most 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 ...
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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 described ; whereas the ...
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 described ; whereas the ...
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| Title | The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2 The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, John Newbery 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, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 27, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0576029955, 9780576029957 |
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