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Page 72
... instance may be brought from the end of the third act of the Troades , in which the story of Ganymede is intro- duced not very artificially * . To these may may be added that exquifite ode in praise of Apollo , defcriptive of his birth ...
... instance may be brought from the end of the third act of the Troades , in which the story of Ganymede is intro- duced not very artificially * . To these may may be added that exquifite ode in praise of Apollo , defcriptive of his birth ...
Page 127
... instance , as in the higher kinds of poetry , that the action of the epopea be one , great , and entire ; that the hero be eminent- ly diftinguished , move our concern , and deeply intereft us ; that the episodes arise eafily out of the ...
... instance , as in the higher kinds of poetry , that the action of the epopea be one , great , and entire ; that the hero be eminent- ly diftinguished , move our concern , and deeply intereft us ; that the episodes arise eafily out of the ...
Page 261
... instance , among the ancients , are the ftories , of Joseph , of Oedipus , the Trojan war and its confe- quences , of Virginia and the Horatii ; fuch , among the moderns , are the ftories of king Lear , the Cid , Romeo and Juliet , and ...
... instance , among the ancients , are the ftories , of Joseph , of Oedipus , the Trojan war and its confe- quences , of Virginia and the Horatii ; fuch , among the moderns , are the ftories of king Lear , the Cid , Romeo and Juliet , and ...
Page 344
... instance of the Pathetic POPE has given us . I think one may venture to remark , that the reputa- tion of POPE , as a poet , among pofterity , will be principally owing to his WINDSOR- FOREST , his RAPE OF THE LOCK , and his ELOISA TO ...
... instance of the Pathetic POPE has given us . I think one may venture to remark , that the reputa- tion of POPE , as a poet , among pofterity , will be principally owing to his WINDSOR- FOREST , his RAPE OF THE LOCK , and his ELOISA TO ...
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... instance of the Pathetic POPE has given us . I think one may venture to remark , that the reputa- tion of POPE , as a poet , among posterity , will be principally owing to his WINDSOR- FOREST , his RAPE OF THE Lock , and his ELOISA TO ...
... instance of the Pathetic POPE has given us . I think one may venture to remark , that the reputa- tion of POPE , as a poet , among posterity , will be principally owing to his WINDSOR- FOREST , his RAPE OF THE Lock , and his ELOISA TO ...
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