The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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Page 177
... raised an expectation in the audi- ence which that performance could not fatisfy , though in itself not unworthy of ... raise the genius , and to mend the heart , To make mankind in confcious virtue bold , Live o'er each scene , and be ...
... raised an expectation in the audi- ence which that performance could not fatisfy , though in itself not unworthy of ... raise the genius , and to mend the heart , To make mankind in confcious virtue bold , Live o'er each scene , and be ...
Page 188
... raise fortifi- cations to fecure their fleet , and are about to quit the Phrygian coaft and to return home with difhonour . Aga- memnon , by the advice of the other princes , folicits a re- conciliation with Achilles , but in vain . He ...
... raise fortifi- cations to fecure their fleet , and are about to quit the Phrygian coaft and to return home with difhonour . Aga- memnon , by the advice of the other princes , folicits a re- conciliation with Achilles , but in vain . He ...
Page 363
... raise the fiege ; but the Spaniards being after- wards driven out of the kingdom ; he invefted Paris again , and was ... raised a beautiful poem , but which , when confidered as an Epic poem , will be found in some parts exceptionable ...
... raise the fiege ; but the Spaniards being after- wards driven out of the kingdom ; he invefted Paris again , and was ... raised a beautiful poem , but which , when confidered as an Epic poem , will be found in some parts exceptionable ...
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