A Grammar of Rhetoric, and Polite Literature: Comprehending the Principles of Language and Style, the Elements of Taste and Criticism; With Rules, for the Study of Composition and Eloquence; Illustrated by Appropriate Examples, Selected Chiefly from the B by Alexander Jamieson (Paperback / softback, 2016)
Excerpt from A Grammar of Rhetoric, and Polite Literature: Comprehending the Principles of Language and Style, the Elements of Taste and Criticism; With Rules, for the Study of Composition and Eloquence; Illustrated by Appropriate Examples, Selected Chiefly From the British Classics; For the Use of Schools Chapter l.-the Origin and Progress of Poetry 267 chapter lie - Versitication 271 Feet and Pause: the constituent Parts of Verse Of poetical Feet lb. The Nature of the Principal Feet 273 Secondary Feet 277 Blank Verse 279 chapter iii.-of Pastoral Poetry Theocritus and Virgil Pope's Pastorals ih. Shenstone's Works The Amynta of Tasso Pastor Fido of Guarini 3b. The Gentle Shepherd of Allan Ramsay lh M. Gesner's Pastoral Compositions chapter IV. - Lyric Poetry lb. The Odes of Pindar, Sappho, and Anacreon 285 The English Lyric Poets, are Dryden, Pope, Addison, Gray. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.