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... poets , who imagined that the unity of the fable or action was sufficiently preserved by the unity of the hero : and who composed their Theseids , Heraclids , and the like , wherein they only heaped up in one poem every thing that ...
... poets , who imagined that the unity of the fable or action was sufficiently preserved by the unity of the hero : and who composed their Theseids , Heraclids , and the like , wherein they only heaped up in one poem every thing that ...
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... poem ; and upon seeing each hero separated from the rest of the work , we should not easily guess , to what action , and to what poem the hero belonged . So that we should see , that none of those would have a cha racter ; since the ...
... poem ; and upon seeing each hero separated from the rest of the work , we should not easily guess , to what action , and to what poem the hero belonged . So that we should see , that none of those would have a cha racter ; since the ...
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... poem the whole history of the Trojan war , in like manner our poet hath drawn into this single action the whole history of Dulness and her children . To this end , she is repre- sented , at the very opening of the poem , taking a view ...
... poem the whole history of the Trojan war , in like manner our poet hath drawn into this single action the whole history of Dulness and her children . To this end , she is repre- sented , at the very opening of the poem , taking a view ...
Contents
the First Pastoral | 3 |
WINDSOR FOREST | 14 |
A Farewell to Loudon in the year 1714 | 22 |
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The Works of Alexander Pope William John Courthope,John Wilson Croker,Alexander Pope No preview available - 2015 |
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