An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... shall the most " diftant nations crowd into my port : " a poet fets before your eyes " the fhips of uncouth form , " that shall arrive in the Thames ; * And feather'd people croud my wealthy fide ; And naked youths , and painted chiefs ...
... shall the most " diftant nations crowd into my port : " a poet fets before your eyes " the fhips of uncouth form , " that shall arrive in the Thames ; * And feather'd people croud my wealthy fide ; And naked youths , and painted chiefs ...
Page 40
... Shall I offend any rational admirer of POPE by remarking , that thefe juvenile descriptive poems of Milton , as well as his latin elegies , are of a strain far more exalted than any the former author can boaft ? Let me add at the fame ...
... Shall I offend any rational admirer of POPE by remarking , that thefe juvenile descriptive poems of Milton , as well as his latin elegies , are of a strain far more exalted than any the former author can boaft ? Let me add at the fame ...
Page 90
... shall here infert . " I have often heard M. Chapelain , " and M. Dandilly declare , that they wrote " the following line , " D'arbires de la paix , de foudres de la guerre ; without knowing it was in Malherbe ; and the moment I am ...
... shall here infert . " I have often heard M. Chapelain , " and M. Dandilly declare , that they wrote " the following line , " D'arbires de la paix , de foudres de la guerre ; without knowing it was in Malherbe ; and the moment I am ...
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... shall fee , in others , he excelled all mankind . The fimile of the mule heightens the fatire , and is new ; as is the application of the infects of the Nile . POPE never fines fo brightly as when he is profcribing bad authors . 5. In ...
... shall fee , in others , he excelled all mankind . The fimile of the mule heightens the fatire , and is new ; as is the application of the infects of the Nile . POPE never fines fo brightly as when he is profcribing bad authors . 5. In ...
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... shall give the reader a paffage that relates to the origin of criticism , which is curious and just . " When the perfuafive arts , which were neceffary to be cultivated among a people that were to be convinced before they acted , were ...
... shall give the reader a paffage that relates to the origin of criticism , which is curious and just . " When the perfuafive arts , which were neceffary to be cultivated among a people that were to be convinced before they acted , were ...
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