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But , discontent against the times ; “ For , had we made him timely offers« To raise his poft , or fill his coffers , “ Perhaps he might have truckled down , « Like other brethren of his gown : “ For party he would scarce have bled " I ...
But , discontent against the times ; “ For , had we made him timely offers« To raise his poft , or fill his coffers , “ Perhaps he might have truckled down , « Like other brethren of his gown : “ For party he would scarce have bled " I ...
Page 280
The sentiments of this poem are , as the Epic requires , often sublime and noble ; but there is not the same Arain of sublimity , which we find in the Iliad , tho ' perhaps there is more propriety . Virgil advances with an uniform ...
The sentiments of this poem are , as the Epic requires , often sublime and noble ; but there is not the same Arain of sublimity , which we find in the Iliad , tho ' perhaps there is more propriety . Virgil advances with an uniform ...
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There is , perhaps , no passion or ftate of the soul , in which people take so much pains to deceive themselves , and give countenance to their foibles , as in matters of love ; thus , in the infancy of her passion , Dido endeavours to ...
There is , perhaps , no passion or ftate of the soul , in which people take so much pains to deceive themselves , and give countenance to their foibles , as in matters of love ; thus , in the infancy of her passion , Dido endeavours 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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