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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... of them new ; to present pleasing images to the senses and imagination , to
address them in the language they love , to express small matters with grace ,
and the greatest with a nobleness and fublimity equal to their grandeur and
majesty .
... of them new ; to present pleasing images to the senses and imagination , to
address them in the language they love , to express small matters with grace ,
and the greatest with a nobleness and fublimity equal to their grandeur and
majesty .
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es might recommend them to the present . And since the life of thepherds was
attended with more tranquility « than any other rural employment , the poets
chose to « introduce their persons , from whom it received the name w of Pafloral
.
es might recommend them to the present . And since the life of thepherds was
attended with more tranquility « than any other rural employment , the poets
chose to « introduce their persons , from whom it received the name w of Pafloral
.
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To make it natural with respect to the present age , fome knowledge in rural
affairs should be discovered , and that in such a manner , as if it was done by
chance rather than by design ; left by too much pains to seem natural that
simplicity be ...
To make it natural with respect to the present age , fome knowledge in rural
affairs should be discovered , and that in such a manner , as if it was done by
chance rather than by design ; left by too much pains to seem natural that
simplicity be ...
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... agreeable to the general order of things , and conformable to ends and
relations to him unknown ; that it is partly upon his ignorance of future events ,
and partly upon the hope of a future ftate , that all his happiness in 01 the present
depends ...
... agreeable to the general order of things , and conformable to ends and
relations to him unknown ; that it is partly upon his ignorance of future events ,
and partly upon the hope of a future ftate , that all his happiness in 01 the present
depends ...
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01 the present depends . Which last is thus beautifully expressed . Heav'n from
all creatures hides the book of fate , All but the page prescrib'd , their present
state ; From brutes what men , from men what spirits know ; Or who could suffer
being ...
01 the present depends . Which last is thus beautifully expressed . Heav'n from
all creatures hides the book of fate , All but the page prescrib'd , their present
state ; From brutes what men , from men what spirits know ; Or who could suffer
being ...
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