The art of poetry on a new plan, illustrated with a great variety of examples [compiled by J. Newbery, revised by O. Goldsmith].1762 |
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Page 10
... light and delight , vice and ad- vice , move and remove , must not be made to rhyme toge- ther ; for though the fignification of the words are differ- ent enough , the rhyming fyllables are exactly the fame , and good rhyme confifts ...
... light and delight , vice and ad- vice , move and remove , must not be made to rhyme toge- ther ; for though the fignification of the words are differ- ent enough , the rhyming fyllables are exactly the fame , and good rhyme confifts ...
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... with more ferene and purer light is bleft . If thefe verfes follow one of ten fyllables , the inequa- lity of the measure renders them lefs pleafing ; but this i only in heroics ; for in odes they are gracefully Of English VERSE . 13.
... with more ferene and purer light is bleft . If thefe verfes follow one of ten fyllables , the inequa- lity of the measure renders them lefs pleafing ; but this i only in heroics ; for in odes they are gracefully Of English VERSE . 13.
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... light . Nor are metaphors , hyperboles , ironies , or equivocal expref- fions , when properly used , nor fiction or fable , any deviation . from this rule of right thinking ; for there is a great diffe- rence between falfhood and ...
... light . Nor are metaphors , hyperboles , ironies , or equivocal expref- fions , when properly used , nor fiction or fable , any deviation . from this rule of right thinking ; for there is a great diffe- rence between falfhood and ...
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... light , and giving it an agreeable turn . Time stays for no man is a very true and juft thought , but is very plain and common . It is raifed , however , and . made in a manner new by the following turn : Time in his full career keeps ...
... light , and giving it an agreeable turn . Time stays for no man is a very true and juft thought , but is very plain and common . It is raifed , however , and . made in a manner new by the following turn : Time in his full career keeps ...
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... light as with a garment , Spreading out the heavens like a curtain , making the clouds his chariot , and riding upon the wings of the wind , are thoughts amazingly majestic . Homer alfo abounds with thefe ftrains of fublimity . The ...
... light as with a garment , Spreading out the heavens like a curtain , making the clouds his chariot , and riding upon the wings of the wind , are thoughts amazingly majestic . Homer alfo abounds with thefe ftrains of fublimity . The ...
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agreeable alfo beauty becauſe Befides beft beſt bleft breaſt chyle CUDDY defcribing defcriptions delight eclogue Efay Elegy Epigram Epitaph eſpecially ev'ry expreffed eyes fafely faid fame fatire fays feem fenfe fhade fhall fhepherds fhort fhould fince fing firft firſt fkies fleep flocks flow'rs fmiling foft fome fometimes fong fons foul fpring ftate ftill ftrain ftyle fubject fublime fuch fuppofe fwain fweet fyllables Georgics heart heav'n himſelf ibid inftance itſelf juft laft lefs LOBBIN CLOUT loft meaſure mind moft morn moſt mournful mufe mufic muft muſt nature numbers nymph o'er obferves occafion paffages paffions Paftoral plain pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetry praiſe precepts prefent profe raiſe reaſon refound reft rhyme rife ſeen ſhade ſhall ſkies ſky ſpeak ſtate ſweet thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thoughts thro uſed verfe verſe Virgil vowel whofe whoſe words