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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... short and five long fyllables intermixed alternately , though this order is iometimes beautifully varied by our beft poets , as an ex- cellent writer obferves : Two fyllables our English feet compofe , But quantities diftinguish them ...
... short and five long fyllables intermixed alternately , though this order is iometimes beautifully varied by our beft poets , as an ex- cellent writer obferves : Two fyllables our English feet compofe , But quantities diftinguish them ...
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... short hour perhaps ) Between us two let there be peace . The complaint which Eve makes , on hearing that they were to be driven out of Paradife , is not only beautiful , but foft and suitable to the sex . Muft I then leave thee ...
... short hour perhaps ) Between us two let there be peace . The complaint which Eve makes , on hearing that they were to be driven out of Paradife , is not only beautiful , but foft and suitable to the sex . Muft I then leave thee ...
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... short , though the thoughts were not obvi- ous to the reader before , they should appear fo now ; which , as Mr. Addifon obferves , is the true character of all fine writing . We come now to A CHAP . VI . Of the STYLE of POETRY . FTER ...
... short , though the thoughts were not obvi- ous to the reader before , they should appear fo now ; which , as Mr. Addifon obferves , is the true character of all fine writing . We come now to A CHAP . VI . Of the STYLE of POETRY . FTER ...
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... short ; for , befides that tediousness tires , by running into minute circum- ftances , you are in danger of discovering fome unpleafing disproportion . Similes need not be always drawn from lofty subjects ; for those taken from common ...
... short ; for , befides that tediousness tires , by running into minute circum- ftances , you are in danger of discovering fome unpleafing disproportion . Similes need not be always drawn from lofty subjects ; for those taken from common ...
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... short , and the periods concife . Riddles , parables , proverbs , antique phrafes , and fuper- ftitious fables are fit materials to be intermixed with this kind of poem . They are here , when properly applied , very ornamental ; and the ...
... short , and the periods concife . Riddles , parables , proverbs , antique phrafes , and fuper- ftitious fables are fit materials to be intermixed with this kind of poem . They are here , when properly applied , very ornamental ; and the ...
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agreeable alfo beauty becauſe Befides beft beſt bleft breaſt chyle CUDDY defcribing defcriptions delight eclogue Efay Elegy Epigram Epitaph eſpecially ev'ry expreffed eyes fafely faid fame fatire fays feem fenfe fhade fhall fhepherds fhort fhould fince fing firft firſt fkies fleep flocks flow'rs fmiling foft fome fometimes fong fons foul fpring ftate ftill ftrain ftyle fubject fublime fuch fuppofe fwain fweet fyllables Georgics heart heav'n himſelf ibid inftance itſelf juft laft lefs LOBBIN CLOUT loft meaſure mind moft morn moſt mournful mufe mufic muft muſt nature numbers nymph o'er obferves occafion paffages paffions Paftoral plain pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetry praiſe precepts prefent profe raiſe reaſon refound reft rhyme rife ſeen ſhade ſhall ſkies ſky ſpeak ſtate ſweet thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thoughts thro uſed verfe verſe Virgil vowel whofe whoſe words