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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Արդյունքներ 7–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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We are now to speak of the different forts of style , which have been usually
divided into the plain , mediate , and sublime . Virgil may be pointed out as a
perfect pattern in each , that is to say , his Bucolics have been esteemed for the
plain style ...
We are now to speak of the different forts of style , which have been usually
divided into the plain , mediate , and sublime . Virgil may be pointed out as a
perfect pattern in each , that is to say , his Bucolics have been esteemed for the
plain style ...
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Such is the amazing power of the great Creator , that ( as the Psalmist in the
same plain yet sublime manner observes ) He spake , and it was done ; he
commanded , and it food fast . Thus we see that sublime thoughts may
sometimes appear ...
Such is the amazing power of the great Creator , that ( as the Psalmist in the
same plain yet sublime manner observes ) He spake , and it was done ; he
commanded , and it food fast . Thus we see that sublime thoughts may
sometimes appear ...
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... and is content to be plain , decent , and unaffected ; yet in this humble state is
the sweet and engaging , elegant and attractive . This poem is adorn'd with
frequent commiferations , complaints , exclamations , addresses to things or
persons ...
... and is content to be plain , decent , and unaffected ; yet in this humble state is
the sweet and engaging , elegant and attractive . This poem is adorn'd with
frequent commiferations , complaints , exclamations , addresses to things or
persons ...
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Thy swains are famish'd on the rocks , Where once they fed their wanton flocks :
Thy ravish'd virgins shriek in vain ; Thy infants perilh on the plain . III . What boots
it then , in every clime , Thro ' the wide spreading waste of time , Thy martial ...
Thy swains are famish'd on the rocks , Where once they fed their wanton flocks :
Thy ravish'd virgins shriek in vain ; Thy infants perilh on the plain . III . What boots
it then , in every clime , Thro ' the wide spreading waste of time , Thy martial ...
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Τ Η Ε Ν ο Τ . See Lightfoot ; he Mall tend them close : and I , ' Tween whiles , a -
cross the plain will glance mine eye . COLIN E T. Where to begin I know not ,
where to end . Does there one smiling hour my youth attend ? Though few my
days ...
Τ Η Ε Ν ο Τ . See Lightfoot ; he Mall tend them close : and I , ' Tween whiles , a -
cross the plain will glance mine eye . COLIN E T. Where to begin I know not ,
where to end . Does there one smiling hour my youth attend ? Though few my
days ...
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