The art of poetry on a new plan, illustrated with a great variety of examples [compiled by J. Newbery, revised by O. Goldsmith].1762 |
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Page 37
... fly off , fettles again where all its cares and all its tendernesses are FITZOSBORN'S LETTERS . centered . But of this fort of delicate thoughts , enough may be feen in the paffages we have extracted from Milton , who abounds with every ...
... fly off , fettles again where all its cares and all its tendernesses are FITZOSBORN'S LETTERS . centered . But of this fort of delicate thoughts , enough may be feen in the paffages we have extracted from Milton , who abounds with every ...
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... Flies o'er th ' unbending corn , and skims along the main . But before we fpeak of the feveral forts of ftyle , it will be proper to take fome notice of the epithets , tropes and figures of which they are principally compounded ; fince ...
... Flies o'er th ' unbending corn , and skims along the main . But before we fpeak of the feveral forts of ftyle , it will be proper to take fome notice of the epithets , tropes and figures of which they are principally compounded ; fince ...
Page 83
... flies about at candle - light ; So learned Partridge could as well Creep in the dark from leathern cell , And , in his fancy , fly as far To peep upon a twinkling ftar . Befides , he could confound the Spheres , And fet the Planets by ...
... flies about at candle - light ; So learned Partridge could as well Creep in the dark from leathern cell , And , in his fancy , fly as far To peep upon a twinkling ftar . Befides , he could confound the Spheres , And fet the Planets by ...
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... Fly to my love , wherever that the be . And pierce her heart with point of worthy wight ; As the deferves , that wrought fo deadly fpight . And thou , Menalcas , that by treachery Didft underfong my lafs to wax fo light , Should'st well ...
... Fly to my love , wherever that the be . And pierce her heart with point of worthy wight ; As the deferves , that wrought fo deadly fpight . And thou , Menalcas , that by treachery Didft underfong my lafs to wax fo light , Should'st well ...
Page 98
... fly . THEN O т . Sure thou in hapless hour of time wast born , When blightning mildews fpoil the rifing corn , Or blafting winds o'er bloffom'd hedge - rows pafs , To kill the promis'd fruits , and scorch the grafs , Or when the moon ...
... fly . THEN O т . Sure thou in hapless hour of time wast born , When blightning mildews fpoil the rifing corn , Or blafting winds o'er bloffom'd hedge - rows pafs , To kill the promis'd fruits , and scorch the grafs , Or when the moon ...
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