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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... flow- ed from God the fountain of all goodness . --all things fmild With Fragrance , and with Joy their hearts o'erflow'd . † Enraptured thus with the love of God , and filled with an awful idea of his power , glory , and good- nefs ...
... flow- ed from God the fountain of all goodness . --all things fmild With Fragrance , and with Joy their hearts o'erflow'd . † Enraptured thus with the love of God , and filled with an awful idea of his power , glory , and good- nefs ...
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... flow fmoothly , and found well to the ear , which yet may be of no value for want of ftrong fenfe , propriety , and elevation of thought , or purity of diction . A true poet is diftin- guished by a fruitfulness of invention , a lively ...
... flow fmoothly , and found well to the ear , which yet may be of no value for want of ftrong fenfe , propriety , and elevation of thought , or purity of diction . A true poet is diftin- guished by a fruitfulness of invention , a lively ...
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... flow length along . Verfes of fourteen fyllables are not fo often used as those of twelve ; but they are likewife inferted in heroic poems , and are agreeable enough when they conclude a triplet where the fenfe is finifh'd , efpecially ...
... flow length along . Verfes of fourteen fyllables are not fo often used as those of twelve ; but they are likewife inferted in heroic poems , and are agreeable enough when they conclude a triplet where the fenfe is finifh'd , efpecially ...
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... flow'r , and others of the like termination . The words never , ever , over , may lofe the confonant v , and be thus contracted , ne'er , e'er , o'er . Moft words ending in ed , which we contract in our common discourse , may also be ...
... flow'r , and others of the like termination . The words never , ever , over , may lofe the confonant v , and be thus contracted , ne'er , e'er , o'er . Moft words ending in ed , which we contract in our common discourse , may also be ...
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... flow'ry gardens gather'd new . And Spenfer , who excels in description , has the fame fort of images diverfified . Now when the rofy - finger'd morning fair , Weary of aged Tithon's faffron bed , Had fpread her purple robes thro ' dewy ...
... flow'ry gardens gather'd new . And Spenfer , who excels in description , has the fame fort of images diverfified . Now when the rofy - finger'd morning fair , Weary of aged Tithon's faffron bed , Had fpread her purple robes thro ' dewy ...
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