The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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Page 214
... gods , muft , I apprehend , appear abfurd , even at the time when he wrote his poem , notwithstanding what the critics may have advanc'd to the contrary . Juno's impofing upon Jupiter , by brib- ing the god of fleep to clofe his eyes ...
... gods , muft , I apprehend , appear abfurd , even at the time when he wrote his poem , notwithstanding what the critics may have advanc'd to the contrary . Juno's impofing upon Jupiter , by brib- ing the god of fleep to clofe his eyes ...
Page 292
... gods , faid he , requite thy brutal rage : As fure they will , barbarian , fore they must , If there be gods in heav'n , and gods be juit : Who tak it in wrongs an infolent delight , With a fon's death t ' infect a father's fight . Not ...
... gods , faid he , requite thy brutal rage : As fure they will , barbarian , fore they must , If there be gods in heav'n , and gods be juit : Who tak it in wrongs an infolent delight , With a fon's death t ' infect a father's fight . Not ...
Page 313
... god or other , for every power fu- perior to man they called by that name . The very beft of the ancient poets , and the greateft . patterns for writing that ever were , introduces the gods perpetually and without referve . Homer fcarce ...
... god or other , for every power fu- perior to man they called by that name . The very beft of the ancient poets , and the greateft . patterns for writing that ever were , introduces the gods perpetually and without referve . Homer fcarce ...
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