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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... used fparingly when the Paffions are con- cerned ibid . None are found in the affecting Oration which Shakespeare puts into the Mouth of Mark Authony Of the Metaphor , the Simile and the Description Many Figures may be refolved into the ...
... used fparingly when the Paffions are con- cerned ibid . None are found in the affecting Oration which Shakespeare puts into the Mouth of Mark Authony Of the Metaphor , the Simile and the Description Many Figures may be refolved into the ...
Page xxv
... used by the Ifraelites of old in their worship , and are thus employ'd by many of the eastern nations , and by the Indians of Ame- rica to this day . " What we have faid of the origin of poetry will account for the neceffity there is ...
... used by the Ifraelites of old in their worship , and are thus employ'd by many of the eastern nations , and by the Indians of Ame- rica to this day . " What we have faid of the origin of poetry will account for the neceffity there is ...
Page 9
... never admitted in ferious fubjects , and in fuch the double rhyme is to be used but fparingly . You are further to obferve , that the confonants which precede the vowels where the rhyme begins , must be B 5 Of English VERSE . 9.
... never admitted in ferious fubjects , and in fuch the double rhyme is to be used but fparingly . You are further to obferve , that the confonants which precede the vowels where the rhyme begins , must be B 5 Of English VERSE . 9.
Page 10
... used in our poetry , are thofe of ten , eight , and feven fyllables ; especially the firft , which are ufed in heroic poems , tragedies , elegies , pafto- rals , and many other fubjects , but generally thofe that are grave and ferious ...
... used in our poetry , are thofe of ten , eight , and feven fyllables ; especially the firft , which are ufed in heroic poems , tragedies , elegies , pafto- rals , and many other fubjects , but generally thofe that are grave and ferious ...
Page 13
... 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 if the preceding verfe be of twelve fyllables ; as in this of Mr ...
... 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 if the preceding verfe be of twelve fyllables ; as in this of Mr ...
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