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The Contents.

Chap. IV. Of the Invocation. p.123.
Chap. V. Of the Body of the Poem, or the Narration, properly so called. p.127.
Chap. VI. How the Narration is pleasant. p.128.
Chap. VII. Of Probability. p.132.
Chap. VIII. Of the Admirable, or the Marvellous. p.137.
Chap. IX. Of the Passions. p.140.
Chap. X. How the Narration ought to be Active. p.145.
Chap. XI. Of the Continuity of the Action, and the Order of the Narration. p.149.
Chap. XII. Of the Duration of the Narration. p.154.
BOOK IV.
Concerning the Manners of the Epick Poem.
Chap. I. COncerning the Manners in General. p.159.
Chap. II. Of the Causes of the Manners. p.161.
Chap. III. Concerning the Manners of other Sciences besides Poetry. p.166.
Chap. IV. Of the Manners of Poetry. p.169.
Chap. V. Whether the Hero of the Poem ought to be an honest Man, or no? p. 173.
Chap. VI. Of the Poetical Goodness of the Manners. p.177.
Chap. VII. Of the three other Qualifications of the Manners. p.180.
Chap. VIII. Of the Character of the Personages. Aristotle's Words about it. p.186.
Chap. IX. Of the Characters of Achilles, Ulysses, and Æneas. p.191.
Chap. X. Of the Character of the other Personages. p.194.
Chap. XI. What the Character is. p.197.
Chap. XII. Of the Unity of the Character in the Hero. p.199.
Chap. XIII. The Unity of the Character in the Poem. p.202.
Chap. XIV. Of the Justness of the Character. p.205.
Chap. XV. Of False Characters. p.211.

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