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Page 329
... dispute it . These are not the fancies of a poet : the beauties of remen are VOL . VIII . R proved by the concurrent teftimony of all travel- lers , An Essay on the Poetry of the Eastern Nations Traité sur la poësie orientale.
... dispute it . These are not the fancies of a poet : the beauties of remen are VOL . VIII . R proved by the concurrent teftimony of all travel- lers , An Essay on the Poetry of the Eastern Nations Traité sur la poësie orientale.
Page 332
... poetry : thus the odours of Yemen , the musk of Hadramut , and the pearls of Omman , fupply the Arabian poets with a great variety of allufions ; and , if the remark of Hermogenes be juft , that whatever is delightful to the fenfes pro ...
... poetry : thus the odours of Yemen , the musk of Hadramut , and the pearls of Omman , fupply the Arabian poets with a great variety of allufions ; and , if the remark of Hermogenes be juft , that whatever is delightful to the fenfes pro ...
Page 340
... poets , provided that their manners and cuftoms be favourable to the cultivation of that art ; and that they are highly fo , it will not be difficult to prove . The fondness of the Arabians for poetry , and the 340 AN ESSAY ON THE POETRY.
... poets , provided that their manners and cuftoms be favourable to the cultivation of that art ; and that they are highly fo , it will not be difficult to prove . The fondness of the Arabians for poetry , and the 340 AN ESSAY ON THE POETRY.
Contents
Volume I | 371 |
Sacontalá or the Fatal Ring | 378 |
An Essay on the Poetry of the Eastern Nations | 329 |
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