The art of poetry on a new plan, illustrated with a great variety of examples [compiled by J. Newbery, revised by O. Goldsmith]., Volume 1

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... Adulation ; but yet I hope to stand excused , fince this Acknow- ledgement is a Duty that I owe , not only to your Lordship , but to the Public ; for if I mistake not , the the only Ufe of reciting the Virtues and Actions of iv DEDICATION .

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... fince it is , we may suppose , nearly as old as the Creation , and had its being almost with the first breath of mankind . When Adam came from the hands of his all - boun- tiful Creator , and found himself in the plains of Pa- radise ...

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... fince these qualifications are not to be obtained by art , but derive their fource from na- ture , and are the gifts of heaven alone . : But this divine science , originally intended for the worship of God , was in process of time ...

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... fince the quantity , or that space of time , whether long or short , in which any fyllable is pro- nounced , is generally determined by the accents . And the harmony of Milton's numbers will be found not to depend on the rules of ...

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... fince he could not fáve her- with her dy'd . The pause is fometimes to be allowed of in other places of a verse ; but then the verses are not quite so agreeable to the ear , as is evident from the following instance : Bright Hesper ...

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I	xxv

Of the Nature and State of Man with reſpect to	xxv

4	7

Of the Structure of English Verſe and of Rhyme	14

Of Miltons Paradise Lost 318	28

tbat read which P 53 1 39 for Poctry r Poetry P	37

PRECEPTS for TALES in VERSE with occafional	39

The Difference between the Style of Poetry and Proſe ibid	43

To Mr Pope by the Rt Hon Lord Littleton	121

To Miss Blount by Mr Pope	127

Penforofo or the gloomy Pleaſures of Melancholy	133

The cruelty of destroying Creatures that are inoffenfive	140

Tale of two Lovers in a Tempeſt	147

The History of Lavinia ibid	153

Of the Nature and State of Man with respect to Society	165

The lofs of Creusa 295	170

ibid	49

The Buſineſs of Poetry eſpecially of that which is Allego	51

Of the different SPECIES of Poetry	54

Of Songs with ſome few Examples and Remarks ibid	55

Improvement of Life An Eastern Story by Mr Johnson 33	60

PRECEPTS for the EPIGRAM with occafional Remarks	61

On Francis Chartres by Dr Arbuthnot	67

in Shakespeare	69

The Death of Priam 291	70

PRECEPTS for the ELEGY with occafional Remarks 70 to	73

Ćneas bearing his aged Father and Infant Son from	78

The Heads and Hearts of Men not ſo bad as they	79

On the ſupposd Death of Mr Partridge the Almanack	81

Terrible to his Enemies only ibid	85

Amaryllis or the third Idyllium of Theocritus by	87

Spenfers fixth Eclogue	93

PRECEPTS for LYRIC POETRY with occafional	96

PRECEPTS for SATIRE with occaſional Remarks 99 to 149	102

Mr Popes Eclogue inſcribed to Mr Wycherly ΙΟΙ	104

and the Song	111

The Meffiah A facred Eclogue by Mr Pope	112

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Title	The art of poetry on a new plan, illustrated with a great variety of examples [compiled by J. Newbery, revised by O. Goldsmith]., Volume 1 The art of poetry on a new plan, illustrated with a great variety of examples [compiled by J. Newbery, revised by O. Goldsmith], Oliver Goldsmith
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Editors	Oliver Goldsmith, John Newbery
Published	1762
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Of Virgils Georgics	173

Deſcription of a War Horſe	180

What conſtitutes an Epic Poem	183

Of Setting	187

Some defects in this Poem hinted at	189

Deſcription of FrostFair on the Thames	195

Speeches between Achilles Ulyſſes Phenix and Ajax 1 90 to	201

Character of Diomed	208

Air	210

The Character of Ajax	214

The use of fometimes indulging the Appetite and of Fast	216

Of Bathing and of the use of the Cold Bath to fortify	222

Homers knowledge of Mankind and Power over the	225

Of the Soul and its Operations ibid	226

Deſcription of Jupiter	227

Of the Language 354	233

in the Czar of Muscovy	235

Of the Sentiments Diction and Numbers	241

Ulyffes led by Pallas to the Phaacian Court	248

for white Ash read wild Ash P 189 89 1 36 for Hair read	250