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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... fhall conclude thefe reflections in the words of an author of great taste and judgment § . Verfifica- tion , fays he , is in Poetry what colouring is in painting , § Lord LANSDOWN , * POPE's Efay on Criticism . a beautiful ornament ...
... fhall conclude thefe reflections in the words of an author of great taste and judgment § . Verfifica- tion , fays he , is in Poetry what colouring is in painting , § Lord LANSDOWN , * POPE's Efay on Criticism . a beautiful ornament ...
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... fhall lofe nothing of its efteem . Such are many of the inestimable pieces of Raphael : whereas the finest and niceft colour that art can invent , is but labour in vain when the reft is in diforder ; like paint bestow'd on an ill face ...
... fhall lofe nothing of its efteem . Such are many of the inestimable pieces of Raphael : whereas the finest and niceft colour that art can invent , is but labour in vain when the reft is in diforder ; like paint bestow'd on an ill face ...
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... fhall endea- your to lay down . WW2 US AS IT IS US US US U15 245 CHA P. II . Of the Structure of English VERSE ; and of RHYME : I Norder to make verfes , you must understand that fylla- bles are diftinguifhed into long and bort , and ...
... fhall endea- your to lay down . WW2 US AS IT IS US US US U15 245 CHA P. II . Of the Structure of English VERSE ; and of RHYME : I Norder to make verfes , you must understand that fylla- bles are diftinguifhed into long and bort , and ...
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... fhall begin with those that are mostly in use . TH CHA P. III . Of the feveral forts of English VERSES . HE verfes chiefly used in our poetry , are thofe of ten , eight , and feven fyllables ; especially the firft , which are ufed in ...
... fhall begin with those that are mostly in use . TH CHA P. III . Of the feveral forts of English VERSES . HE verfes chiefly used in our poetry , are thofe of ten , eight , and feven fyllables ; especially the firft , which are ufed in ...
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... fhall fpeak here- after . The pause , in these verses , ought to be at the fixth fyllable , as we fee in the foregoing examples . In this place it cannot be amifs to obferve , that tho ' the Alexandrine verfe , when rightly employ'd ...
... fhall fpeak here- after . The pause , in these verses , ought to be at the fixth fyllable , as we fee in the foregoing examples . In this place it cannot be amifs to obferve , that tho ' the Alexandrine verfe , when rightly employ'd ...
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