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The same volume informs us of a curious anecdote , that Boileau + generally made the second verse of a couplet before the first ; that he declared it was one of the grand secrets of poetry to give , by this means , a greater energy and ...
The same volume informs us of a curious anecdote , that Boileau + generally made the second verse of a couplet before the first ; that he declared it was one of the grand secrets of poetry to give , by this means , a greater energy and ...
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... so lively and picturesque : instead of which he ardently exclaims , “ would not you say , that the foul of the writer ascended the chariot with the driver , and was whirled along in the same flight and danger with the rapid horses ?
... so lively and picturesque : instead of which he ardently exclaims , “ would not you say , that the foul of the writer ascended the chariot with the driver , and was whirled along in the same flight and danger with the rapid horses ?
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In the same manner , must not the whole entablature , with its projections , be so proportioned , as to seem great , but not heavy ; light , but not little ; inasmuch as a deviation into either extreme , would thwart that reason and use ...
In the same manner , must not the whole entablature , with its projections , be so proportioned , as to seem great , but not heavy ; light , but not little ; inasmuch as a deviation into either extreme , would thwart that reason and use ...
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| Title | An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 1 An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Joseph Warton |
| Author | Joseph Warton |
| Edition | 4, reprint |
| Publisher | Gregg, 1969 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 13 Feb 2014 |
| ISBN | 0576021202, 9780576021203 |
| Length | 838 pages |
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