The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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Page 189
... Reader . It is certain that Achilles , his principal heroe , is fo furious , felf fufficient and over- bearing , that he rather excites the Reader's indignation than any affection or tender concern for him , and his tehaviour to ...
... Reader . It is certain that Achilles , his principal heroe , is fo furious , felf fufficient and over- bearing , that he rather excites the Reader's indignation than any affection or tender concern for him , and his tehaviour to ...
Page 276
... reader : they are , however , fo art- fully contrived , that they may be removed without af- fecting the principal action , tho ' they have an intimate connection with it ; they are alfo , for the most part , dramatic , and full of life ...
... reader : they are , however , fo art- fully contrived , that they may be removed without af- fecting the principal action , tho ' they have an intimate connection with it ; they are alfo , for the most part , dramatic , and full of life ...
Page 357
... reader , that there is a new tranflation of this poem prepared for the prefs by the ingenious Mr. Hoole , which ... readers having contracted a habit of ufing the word profe in contradiftinction to poetry , whereas it fhould be ...
... reader , that there is a new tranflation of this poem prepared for the prefs by the ingenious Mr. Hoole , which ... readers having contracted a habit of ufing the word profe in contradiftinction to poetry , whereas it fhould be ...
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abfurd Achilles action Æneid againſt Agamemnon alfo allegory alſo beautiful becauſe breaſt characters death defcription defign Dido Eneas Epic Epic Poetry ev'ry exprefs eyes fable facred faid fame fate fatire feems feen fenfe fentiments fhades fhall fhew fhould fide fight fince fire firft flain fome fong foon forrow foul ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fuppofe gods Grecian Greece Guife heart heav'n Hector hero himſelf Homer honour Iliad Jove juft juſt king laft lefs manner meaſure mind moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature numbers o'er obferved occafion paffage paffions Patroclus perfons Pindar pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetry pow'r prefent Priam prince profe purpoſe racter raiſe reader reafon reft reprefented rife Satan ſhall ſhe ſkies ſpeak ſpirit ſtate tears thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Trojan Troy Ulyffes uſe Virgil virtue whofe whoſe Xerxes