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Page 161
The Manners are faid to be good when they are well ex- preffed , that is , when the difcourfe of the perfons plainly ... the Poet must preserve a Likeness of Manners , that is , he must not give a Perfon any quality contrary to those ...
The Manners are faid to be good when they are well ex- preffed , that is , when the difcourfe of the perfons plainly ... the Poet must preserve a Likeness of Manners , that is , he must not give a Perfon any quality contrary to those ...
Page 184
Homer had fuch a comprehenfive genius , fuch a fertile fancy , and was fo well acquainted with perfons and things , and especially with the paffions and humours of mankind , that the antients effeemed him as the great High Priest of ...
Homer had fuch a comprehenfive genius , fuch a fertile fancy , and was fo well acquainted with perfons and things , and especially with the paffions and humours of mankind , that the antients effeemed him as the great High Priest of ...
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much to the advantage of his poem ; for as these chi- merical phantoms bear with them no probability , they feem improper actors in an Epic Poem : though , as he has but two human perfons , and a great part of the action is carried on ...
much to the advantage of his poem ; for as these chi- merical phantoms bear with them no probability , they feem improper actors in an Epic Poem : though , as he has but two human perfons , and a great part of the action is carried on ...
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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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