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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... compared to old Age , with fuitable Reflections 155 PRECEPTS for DIDACTIC or PRECEPTIVE POETRY , with occafional Remarks The origin and use of this kind of Poetry 156 to ? Of the Nature and State of Man with respect to CONTENTS .
... compared to old Age , with fuitable Reflections 155 PRECEPTS for DIDACTIC or PRECEPTIVE POETRY , with occafional Remarks The origin and use of this kind of Poetry 156 to ? Of the Nature and State of Man with respect to CONTENTS .
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... kind of Ornament ibid . The Heroes of Homer and Virgil leffen'd by their Ma- chinery ibid . No judging which was the greatest Hero , Hector or Achilles , without eftimating the Aid each received from the Deities ibid . The Abfurdity not ...
... kind of Ornament ibid . The Heroes of Homer and Virgil leffen'd by their Ma- chinery ibid . No judging which was the greatest Hero , Hector or Achilles , without eftimating the Aid each received from the Deities ibid . The Abfurdity not ...
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... kind ( as I have before obferved ) is determined by the feat of the moft prevailing accent in the first half - verfe , which ought to be either on the fecond , fourth , or fixth fyllable ; and the paufe muft im- mediately follow the ...
... kind ( as I have before obferved ) is determined by the feat of the moft prevailing accent in the first half - verfe , which ought to be either on the fecond , fourth , or fixth fyllable ; and the paufe muft im- mediately follow the ...
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... kind of verfe , fall on the first , third , fifth , and feventh fyllables , as in the following lines : Glitt'ring flónes and golden things , Wealth and honours thát have wings , Ever flútt'ring to be gone , Wé can never cáll our own ...
... kind of verfe , fall on the first , third , fifth , and feventh fyllables , as in the following lines : Glitt'ring flónes and golden things , Wealth and honours thát have wings , Ever flútt'ring to be gone , Wé can never cáll our own ...
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... kind , in his excellent Essay on Criticism , where , 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 ...
... kind , in his excellent Essay on Criticism , where , 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 ...
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