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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... hard in the Winter ; but in the Sum- mer milder Exercises are beft , and thofe are moft proper in the Morning and Evening , avoiding the noxious Dews of the Night 223 . The Pleasures of Reft after Labour , and an Admonition CONTENTS .
... hard in the Winter ; but in the Sum- mer milder Exercises are beft , and thofe are moft proper in the Morning and Evening , avoiding the noxious Dews of the Night 223 . The Pleasures of Reft after Labour , and an Admonition CONTENTS .
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Art Oliver Goldsmith, John Newbery. The Pleasures of Reft after Labour , and an Admonition against eating too much , and too late at Night ibid . Caution against mifapplying thofe Hours , either in Study or Company , in which Nature ...
Art Oliver Goldsmith, John Newbery. The Pleasures of Reft after Labour , and an Admonition against eating too much , and too late at Night ibid . Caution against mifapplying thofe Hours , either in Study or Company , in which Nature ...
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... reft is in diforder ; like paint bestow'd on an ill face , whereby the deformity is render'd but fo much the more confpicuous and remarkable . It would not be unfeasonable to make fome obfervations . upon this fubject , by way of advice ...
... reft is in diforder ; like paint bestow'd on an ill face , whereby the deformity is render'd but fo much the more confpicuous and remarkable . It would not be unfeasonable to make fome obfervations . upon this fubject , by way of advice ...
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... reft or flop which is made in pro- nouncing the longer forts of verfes , dividing them into two parts , each of which is called an hemiftich , or half - verse : but this divifion is not always equal , that is , one of the he- miftichs ...
... reft or flop which is made in pro- nouncing the longer forts of verfes , dividing them into two parts , each of which is called an hemiftich , or half - verse : but this divifion is not always equal , that is , one of the he- miftichs ...
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... reft of our antient poets , but are by no means to be admitted in our modern compofitions . It may be farther obferved , that the rhyming of words de- pends upon their likeness of found , not of orthography ; for laugh and quaff ...
... reft of our antient poets , but are by no means to be admitted in our modern compofitions . It may be farther obferved , that the rhyming of words de- pends upon their likeness of found , not of orthography ; for laugh and quaff ...
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