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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... speak- ing of those who regard verfification only , he fays , A needlefs Alexandrine ends the fong , That , like a wounded fnake , drags its flow length along . Verfes of fourteen fyllables are not fo often used as those of twelve ; but ...
... speak- ing of those who regard verfification only , he fays , A needlefs Alexandrine ends the fong , That , like a wounded fnake , drags its flow length along . Verfes of fourteen fyllables are not fo often used as those of twelve ; but ...
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... speak of tropes and figures , mate- rials which the poet handles very freely , but as we have treated largely of thefe in our volume of Rhetoric , we fhall not take up the reader's time with an illustration of them here befides , they ...
... speak of tropes and figures , mate- rials which the poet handles very freely , but as we have treated largely of thefe in our volume of Rhetoric , we fhall not take up the reader's time with an illustration of them here befides , they ...
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... speak of the different forts of ftyle , which have been usually divided into the plain , mediate , and fub- lime . Virgil may be pointed out as a perfect pattern in each , that is to fay , his Bucolics have been esteemed for the plain ...
... speak of the different forts of ftyle , which have been usually divided into the plain , mediate , and fub- lime . Virgil may be pointed out as a perfect pattern in each , that is to fay , his Bucolics have been esteemed for the plain ...
Page 151
... speak The mingled paffions that furpriz'd his heart , And thro ' his nerves in fhivering transport ran ? Then blaz'd his fmother'd flame , avow'd , and bold ; And as he view'd her , ardent , o'er and o'er , Love , gratitude , and pity ...
... speak The mingled paffions that furpriz'd his heart , And thro ' his nerves in fhivering transport ran ? Then blaz'd his fmother'd flame , avow'd , and bold ; And as he view'd her , ardent , o'er and o'er , Love , gratitude , and pity ...
Page 152
... speaking eye Exprefs'd the facred triumph of his soul , With confcious virtue , gratitude , and love , Above the vulgar joy divinely rais'd . Nor waited he reply . Won by the charm Of goodness irrefiftable , and all In fweet diforder ...
... speaking eye Exprefs'd the facred triumph of his soul , With confcious virtue , gratitude , and love , Above the vulgar joy divinely rais'd . Nor waited he reply . Won by the charm Of goodness irrefiftable , and all In fweet diforder ...
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