The art of English poetry : Containing, I. Rules for making verses. II. A collection of the most natural, agreeable and sublime thoughts, viz. Allusions, Similes, Descriptions and Characters of Persons and Things, that are to be found in the best English Poets. III. A dictionary of rhymes. By Edward Bysshe, gent...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bysshe, Edward, active 1702-1712.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quotations, English.

English language--Versification.

English language.

English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700.

English poetry.

English poetry--Early modern.

Physical Description:

2v. ; 12⁰

Edition:

The eighth edition corrected and enlarged...

Place of Publication:

London : printed for F. Clay, J. Brotherton, J. R. and J. Hazard, W. Meadows, T. Astley, S. Austen, L. Gilliver, & J. Clarke, C. Corbett, W. Mears, T. Longman and J. Brown, MDCCXXXVII. [1737]

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Notes:

'A collection of the most natural, agreeable and sublime thoughts' and 'A dictionary of rhymes' have additional separate titlepages and pagination.

All titlepages dated 1737; some parts may be misbound within the 2 vols.

Includes [6]p. of publishers' lists at end of v.2.

There is no comma after "Gilliver" in the imprint of v.2.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N52717.

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