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They pour along like a fire that sweeps the whole earth before it : ' Tis , however remarkable , that his fancy , which is every where vigorous , is not discovered immediately at the beginning of his poem in its fullest fplendor .
They pour along like a fire that sweeps the whole earth before it : ' Tis , however remarkable , that his fancy , which is every where vigorous , is not discovered immediately at the beginning of his poem in its fullest fplendor .
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Homer scarce does any thing without them ; and Virgil follows Homer more closely in this , than in any other point I know of ; for he has employed machinery so much and so freely in his Æneid , that almost the whole of the story is ...
Homer scarce does any thing without them ; and Virgil follows Homer more closely in this , than in any other point I know of ; for he has employed machinery so much and so freely in his Æneid , that almost the whole of the story is ...
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He does not conclude , or part with adam and Eve , till they are driven out of Paradise , and the whole action is completed ; whereas the Iliad ends with the death of Hector , and the Æneid with that of l'urnus , and in my humble ...
He does not conclude , or part with adam and Eve , till they are driven out of Paradise , and the whole action is completed ; whereas the Iliad ends with the death of Hector , and the Æneid with that of l'urnus , and in my humble ...
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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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