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 ... |
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Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets ; and of Translations from the Ancients . ... explain what we mean hy allegorical poetry , and lay down such rules as ought to be observed in these compositions .
Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets ; and of Translations from the Ancients . ... explain what we mean hy allegorical poetry , and lay down such rules as ought to be observed in these compositions .
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Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets ; and of Translations from the Ancients . ... We have in the former part of this work mentioned the resemblance between poetry and painting ; and that affinity is ...
Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets ; and of Translations from the Ancients . ... We have in the former part of this work mentioned the resemblance between poetry and painting ; and that affinity is ...
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that this species of writing obtained the name of Lyric Poetry : This ode , or hymn , which some believe was composed by Moses in Hebrew verse , is incomparably better than any thing the heathen poets have produced of the kind ; and is ...
that this species of writing obtained the name of Lyric Poetry : This ode , or hymn , which some believe was composed by Moses in Hebrew verse , is incomparably better than any thing the heathen poets have produced of the kind ; and is ...
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