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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... round with lift'ning ears - the flying plague is . hung . } Here let us obferve by the way , that the fenfe ought al- ways to be closed at the end of a triplet , and not continued to the next line ; tho ' inftances of this fault ( if it ...
... round with lift'ning ears - the flying plague is . hung . } Here let us obferve by the way , that the fenfe ought al- ways to be closed at the end of a triplet , and not continued to the next line ; tho ' inftances of this fault ( if it ...
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... round him caft his azure eyes , Where Ida's mifly tops confus'dly rife ; Below , fair lion's glitt'ring fpires were seen ; The crouded fhips , and fable feas between . There , from the cryftal chambers of the main Emerg'd , he fate ...
... round him caft his azure eyes , Where Ida's mifly tops confus'dly rife ; Below , fair lion's glitt'ring fpires were seen ; The crouded fhips , and fable feas between . There , from the cryftal chambers of the main Emerg'd , he fate ...
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... Round through the vaft profundity obscure , And faid , thus far extend , thus far thy bounds , This be thy juft circumference , O World . The defcription he has given us of the angel Raphael is Jikewife nobly conceived , and finely ...
... Round through the vaft profundity obscure , And faid , thus far extend , thus far thy bounds , This be thy juft circumference , O World . The defcription he has given us of the angel Raphael is Jikewife nobly conceived , and finely ...
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... round him , his addrefs to the fun , and of the dream in which he beheld the formation of Eve . -As new wak'd from foundest sleep , Soft on the flow'ry herb I found me laid In balmy fweat , which with his beams the fun Soon dry'd , and ...
... round him , his addrefs to the fun , and of the dream in which he beheld the formation of Eve . -As new wak'd from foundest sleep , Soft on the flow'ry herb I found me laid In balmy fweat , which with his beams the fun Soon dry'd , and ...
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... defcribing a lawn near to a grotto in a wood , the profe writer fays , Clofe to her grotto , which is shaded by a grove , there is a beautiful lawn edged round with mojs . Which the poet would Of the STYLE of POETRY . -41.
... defcribing a lawn near to a grotto in a wood , the profe writer fays , Clofe to her grotto , which is shaded by a grove , there is a beautiful lawn edged round with mojs . Which the poet would Of the STYLE of POETRY . -41.
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