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Page 189
We shall venture at a few remarks on this poem : ard firit we must observe that notwithstanding Homer's amazing invention and superior power in painting , the Iliad does not suficiently interest the mind of the Reader , or excite that ...
We shall venture at a few remarks on this poem : ard firit we must observe that notwithstanding Homer's amazing invention and superior power in painting , the Iliad does not suficiently interest the mind of the Reader , or excite that ...
Page 276
... or at least useful members of the same body ; and are highly ornamented as episodes ought to be , since they are generally brought in to decorate the poem , and gratify the imagination of the reader : they are , however , so art ...
... or at least useful members of the same body ; and are highly ornamented as episodes ought to be , since they are generally brought in to decorate the poem , and gratify the imagination of the reader : they are , however , so art ...
Page 357
We take this opportunity to inform the reader , that there is a new tranflation of this poem prepared for the press by the ingenious Mr. Hoole , which , from the specie men we have seen , appears to be executed in a masterly manner ...
We take this opportunity to inform the reader , that there is a new tranflation of this poem prepared for the press by the ingenious Mr. Hoole , which , from the specie men we have seen , appears to be executed in a masterly manner ...
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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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