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... Pleasure and terrour are indeed the genuine sources of poetry ; but poetical pleasure must be such as human imagination can at least conceive , and poetical terrour such as human strength and fortitude may combat . The good and evil of ...
... Pleasure and terrour are indeed the genuine sources of poetry ; but poetical pleasure must be such as human imagination can at least conceive , and poetical terrour such as human strength and fortitude may combat . The good and evil of ...
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... pleasure and instruction . ' And these two ends may be thus distinguished . The chief end of the poet is to please ; for his immediate reputation depends on it . " The great part of the poem is to instruct , which is performed by making ...
... pleasure and instruction . ' And these two ends may be thus distinguished . The chief end of the poet is to please ; for his immediate reputation depends on it . " The great part of the poem is to instruct , which is performed by making ...
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... pleasure , as it gives me at once an opportunity of record- ing the fraternal kindness of Thomson , and reflecting ... pleasure ) , the only return I can make them now is by kindness to those they left behind them : would to God ...
... pleasure , as it gives me at once an opportunity of record- ing the fraternal kindness of Thomson , and reflecting ... pleasure ) , the only return I can make them now is by kindness to those they left behind them : would to God ...
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Milton | 15 |
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Absalom and Achitophel Addison afterwards appears beauties blank verse called censured character Charles Dryden comedy composition Congreve considered Cowley criticism death delight diction diligence dramatick Dryden Dunciad Earl easily elegance endeavoured English English poetry epick epitaph Euripides excellence fancy favour friends genius heroick Homer honour Iliad images imitation Jacob Tonson John Dryden judgement Juvenal kind King known labour lady language Latin learning Letters lines lived Lord Lord Halifax metaphysical poets Milton mind nature never numbers opinion Paradise Lost passions perhaps Pindar play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise preface produced publick published reader reason remarks reputation rhyme satire says seems sentiments shew shewn sometimes stanza supposed tell things Thomson thou thought tion told tragedy translation Tyrannick Love verses versification Virgil virtue WILLIAM CONGREVE words write written wrote