The art of poetry on a new plan, illustrated with a great variety of examples [compiled by J. Newbery, revised by O. Goldsmith]. |
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The accents in this kind of verse , fall on the first , third , fifth , and seventh
fyllables , as in the following lines : Glitt'ring stones and golden things , Wealth
and honours that have wings , Ever fútt'ring to be gone , Wé can never call our
own .
The accents in this kind of verse , fall on the first , third , fifth , and seventh
fyllables , as in the following lines : Glitt'ring stones and golden things , Wealth
and honours that have wings , Ever fútt'ring to be gone , Wé can never call our
own .
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We are now to speak of the laws and rules of the fevesal kinds of poetry , as laid
down by the best critics , and to give ... of that kind would occasion infinite
perplexity and confusion , which is ever to be avoided , and especially in matters
of ...
We are now to speak of the laws and rules of the fevesal kinds of poetry , as laid
down by the best critics , and to give ... of that kind would occasion infinite
perplexity and confusion , which is ever to be avoided , and especially in matters
of ...
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But Dr. Swift's Epitaph on the same subject is , I think , a master - piece of the kind
. EPITAPH on a MISER , Beneath this verdant hillock lies Demer , the wealthy
and the wise . His Heirs , that he might safely rest , Have put his Carcass in a ...
But Dr. Swift's Epitaph on the same subject is , I think , a master - piece of the kind
. EPITAPH on a MISER , Beneath this verdant hillock lies Demer , the wealthy
and the wise . His Heirs , that he might safely rest , Have put his Carcass in a ...
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T HE Elegy is a mournful and plaintive , but yet a sweet and engaging kind of
poem . It was first invented to bewail the death of a friend , and afterwards us'd to
express the complaints of lovers , or any other doleful and melancholy subject .
T HE Elegy is a mournful and plaintive , but yet a sweet and engaging kind of
poem . It was first invented to bewail the death of a friend , and afterwards us'd to
express the complaints of lovers , or any other doleful and melancholy subject .
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... the delight ; for what is so engaging in this kind of poefy proceeds not so much
from the idea of a country life itself , as in expofing only the best part of a
fhephera's life , and concealing the misfortunes and miseries which sometimes
attend it .
... the delight ; for what is so engaging in this kind of poefy proceeds not so much
from the idea of a country life itself , as in expofing only the best part of a
fhephera's life , and concealing the misfortunes and miseries which sometimes
attend it .
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