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Mr. Pope's Prologue to the Tragedy of Cato , though admired as a fine piece of writing , is , in my opinion , far from being a good Prologue ; because it recommends suicide , and raises a man to the skies , who evidently . wanted ...
Mr. Pope's Prologue to the Tragedy of Cato , though admired as a fine piece of writing , is , in my opinion , far from being a good Prologue ; because it recommends suicide , and raises a man to the skies , who evidently . wanted ...
Page 188
To exct : cu : iosity , and raise our admiration to the highest pitch , he has inserted many things that are wonderful , and out of nature ; but they are generally intro . duced with the pomp of celestial machinery , and by favour of ...
To exct : cu : iosity , and raise our admiration to the highest pitch , he has inserted many things that are wonderful , and out of nature ; but they are generally intro . duced with the pomp of celestial machinery , and by favour of ...
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Sage chastity denies To raise the blush or pain the modest eyes . Ulyses being thus cloathed , and refreshed with such viands and wines as the princess had with her , the directs him to the palace ; but with this caution , that he ...
Sage chastity denies To raise the blush or pain the modest eyes . Ulyses being thus cloathed , and refreshed with such viands and wines as the princess had with her , the directs him to the palace ; but with this caution , that he ...
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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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