The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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... appear like fo many diftinct poems ; for each has its peculiar knight , who is endowed with fome moral virtue , and made the hero of that particular part of the work ; fo that there is no fubordination of character ; fome of the perfons ...
... appear like fo many diftinct poems ; for each has its peculiar knight , who is endowed with fome moral virtue , and made the hero of that particular part of the work ; fo that there is no fubordination of character ; fome of the perfons ...
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... appear in order join'd . All without trouble anfwers his intent , Each fyllable ftill tending to th ' Event . Let his example your endeavours raise ; To love his writings is a kind of praise . These are the rules laid down by the ...
... appear in order join'd . All without trouble anfwers his intent , Each fyllable ftill tending to th ' Event . Let his example your endeavours raise ; To love his writings is a kind of praise . These are the rules laid down by the ...
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... appear , The thirst of flaughter , and the rage of war . And here we muft obferve , that the circumstances of her rolling her horrid eyes ; the fpreading of her ghaftly face , and growing larger to his fight ; the ferpents hiff- ing ...
... appear , The thirst of flaughter , and the rage of war . And here we muft obferve , that the circumstances of her rolling her horrid eyes ; the fpreading of her ghaftly face , and growing larger to his fight ; the ferpents hiff- ing ...
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