The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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Page 152
... most probably had its rife from their harvest and vintage - feaits ; when , after finging hymns in honour of their gods and heroes , they ufually.diverted themselves with jocofe and fatyrical fongs , and reciting or acting characters ...
... most probably had its rife from their harvest and vintage - feaits ; when , after finging hymns in honour of their gods and heroes , they ufually.diverted themselves with jocofe and fatyrical fongs , and reciting or acting characters ...
Page 185
... most rapid , and yet the most smooth imaginable . " ; " Thus , on whatever fide we contemplate Homer , what principally ftrikes us is his Invention . It is that which forms the character of each part of his work and accordingly we find ...
... most rapid , and yet the most smooth imaginable . " ; " Thus , on whatever fide we contemplate Homer , what principally ftrikes us is his Invention . It is that which forms the character of each part of his work and accordingly we find ...
Page 273
... most illuftrious Roman families are allo thus allegorically complimented in fome of the combats ; and the death of Marcellus , whom Cafar defigned for his fucceffor , is most beauti fully and pathetically defcribed in the fixth Eneid ...
... most illuftrious Roman families are allo thus allegorically complimented in fome of the combats ; and the death of Marcellus , whom Cafar defigned for his fucceffor , is most beauti fully and pathetically defcribed in the fixth Eneid ...
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