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... Epic Poetry . - Homer . - Apollonius Rhodius . → 245 LETTER XXXI . Virgil . —Lucan . —Tasso . -Camoens.- Ere- - cilla . Voltaire . - Milton 260 LETTER XXXII . On the Uses of Classical Learning 296 , LETTERS ON LITERATURE AND ...
... Epic Poetry . - Homer . - Apollonius Rhodius . → 245 LETTER XXXI . Virgil . —Lucan . —Tasso . -Camoens.- Ere- - cilla . Voltaire . - Milton 260 LETTER XXXII . On the Uses of Classical Learning 296 , LETTERS ON LITERATURE AND ...
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... epic than of what I conceive should be the cha-- racter of true history . If , however , such is the origin of history , as I conceive it was , this alliance with poetry has given to it a dignity , an elevation , a life and spirit above ...
... epic than of what I conceive should be the cha-- racter of true history . If , however , such is the origin of history , as I conceive it was , this alliance with poetry has given to it a dignity , an elevation , a life and spirit above ...
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... epic poetry itself . But in the present letter I must confine myself to what is strictly prose . I am disposed myself to place the Cyropædia of Xenophon in the class of fabulous narrations , though some have contended for it as a true ...
... epic poetry itself . But in the present letter I must confine myself to what is strictly prose . I am disposed myself to place the Cyropædia of Xenophon in the class of fabulous narrations , though some have contended for it as a true ...
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... epic poems of Milton may satisfy you . It is then called blank verse , as wanting the rhyme . Whether blank verse or rhyme is to be preferred is still a matter.in dis- pute among the critics . In tragedy it is cer- tainly more natural ...
... epic poems of Milton may satisfy you . It is then called blank verse , as wanting the rhyme . Whether blank verse or rhyme is to be preferred is still a matter.in dis- pute among the critics . In tragedy it is cer- tainly more natural ...
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... epic poem . What I observed in a former letter on the subject of amplification , is more strictly appli- cable to poetry than to any other kind of com- position . The soul of poetry is detail , for it must ever be considered as a ...
... epic poem . What I observed in a former letter on the subject of amplification , is more strictly appli- cable to poetry than to any other kind of com- position . The soul of poetry is detail , for it must ever be considered as a ...
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