The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical EssaysJohn L. Mahoney |
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... attention to the particular or transitory . A work of art must have rhetorical strength ; language , imagery , and versification must possess those qualities that serve to enhance and vivify the truth of poetry . A clear , rich ...
... attention to the particular or transitory . A work of art must have rhetorical strength ; language , imagery , and versification must possess those qualities that serve to enhance and vivify the truth of poetry . A clear , rich ...
Page 213
... attention , and hope by observing his behaviour and success to regulate their own practices , when they shall be engaged in the like part . For this reason these familiar histories may per- haps be made of greater use than the ...
... attention , and hope by observing his behaviour and success to regulate their own practices , when they shall be engaged in the like part . For this reason these familiar histories may per- haps be made of greater use than the ...
Page 258
... attention to Waller's poem on The Park ; but Pope cannot be denied to excel his masters in variety and elegance , and the art of interchanging description , narrative , and morality . The objection made by Dennis is the want of plan ...
... attention to Waller's poem on The Park ; but Pope cannot be denied to excel his masters in variety and elegance , and the art of interchanging description , narrative , and morality . The objection made by Dennis is the want of plan ...
Contents
Mark Akenside | 10 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
from THE DUNCIAD | 98 |
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