The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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Page 161
... Perfons , and whereby he distinguishes his Characters . The Manners are faid to be good when they are well ex- preffed , that is , when the difcourfe of the perfons plainly discover their inclinations , and what refolutions they will ...
... Perfons , and whereby he distinguishes his Characters . The Manners are faid to be good when they are well ex- preffed , that is , when the difcourfe of the perfons plainly discover their inclinations , and what refolutions they will ...
Page 184
... perfons and things , and especially with the paffions and humours of mankind , that the antients effeemed him as the great High Priest of Nature , who was admitted into her inmoft choir , and instructed in her moft folemn Mysteries ...
... perfons and things , and especially with the paffions and humours of mankind , that the antients effeemed him as the great High Priest of Nature , who was admitted into her inmoft choir , and instructed in her moft folemn Mysteries ...
Page 344
... perfons , and a great part of the action is carried on in imaginary worlds , which of course must admit of imaginary beings , these unsubstan- tial forms feem more agreeable to his poem than any other . This fiction has in itself fome ...
... perfons , and a great part of the action is carried on in imaginary worlds , which of course must admit of imaginary beings , these unsubstan- tial forms feem more agreeable to his poem than any other . This fiction has in itself fome ...
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