The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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Page 82
... Happy , happy , happy pair ! None but the brave , None but the brave , None but the brave , None but the brave deferve 82 Of LYRIC POETRY .
... Happy , happy , happy pair ! None but the brave , None but the brave , None but the brave , None but the brave deferve 82 Of LYRIC POETRY .
Page 137
... happy turn of the original . When we read it , we are betrayed into a pleasure that we could not expect ; tho ' , at the fame time , the fublimity of the ftile , and gravity of the phrase , seem to chaflife that laughter which they ...
... happy turn of the original . When we read it , we are betrayed into a pleasure that we could not expect ; tho ' , at the fame time , the fublimity of the ftile , and gravity of the phrase , seem to chaflife that laughter which they ...
Page 170
... happy Catastrophe , and fometimes a double one ; that is , happy for the good , and unhappy for the guilty ; but the fingle and unfortunate Cataftrophe is reckoned the best , as it is most likely to produce terror and compaffion . - It ...
... happy Catastrophe , and fometimes a double one ; that is , happy for the good , and unhappy for the guilty ; but the fingle and unfortunate Cataftrophe is reckoned the best , as it is most likely to produce terror and compaffion . - It ...
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abfurd Achilles action Æneid Agamemnon alfo allegory beautiful becauſe breaft characters death defcription defign Demaratus Dido Eneas Epic Epic Poetry ev'ry exprefs eyes fable facred fafe faid fame fate fatire feems feen fenfe fentiments fhade fhall fhew fhore fhould fide fight fince fing fire firft flain fome fong foon forrow foul ftands ftate ftill ftrength fubject fublime fuch fuppofe gods Grecian Greece Guife heart heav'n Hector hero himſelf Homer honour Iliad inftruction juft king laft lefs manner meaſure mind moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature numbers o'er obferved occafion paffage paffions pafs Patroclus perfons Pindar pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetry pow'r prefent Priam prince profe purpoſe racter raiſe reader reafon refpect reft reprefented rife Satan ſhall ſpeak tears thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Trojan Troy Ulyffes uſe verfe Virgil virtue whofe Xerxes