An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... should be placed , fuch as poffeffed the true poetical genius , in a more moderate de- gree , but had noble talents for moral and ethical poefy . At the head of these are DRYDEN , DONNE , DENHAM , COWLey , CONGREVE . In the third clafs ...
... should be placed , fuch as poffeffed the true poetical genius , in a more moderate de- gree , but had noble talents for moral and ethical poefy . At the head of these are DRYDEN , DONNE , DENHAM , COWLey , CONGREVE . In the third clafs ...
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... cer- tainly a just one , may it not be asked , why he should speak , the scene lying in Windsor- * Idyll . i . ver . 1. + Paft . iv . ver . 1 . + Past . ii . Foreft , Foreft , of the SULTRY SIRIUS , * of the AND GENIUS OF POPE . 5.
... cer- tainly a just one , may it not be asked , why he should speak , the scene lying in Windsor- * Idyll . i . ver . 1. + Paft . iv . ver . 1 . + Past . ii . Foreft , Foreft , of the SULTRY SIRIUS , * of the AND GENIUS OF POPE . 5.
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... should be objected , that the barren- ness of invention imputed to POPE from a view of his PASTORALS , is equally imputable to the Bucolics of Virgil , it may be answered , that whatever may be determined of the rest , yet the first and ...
... should be objected , that the barren- ness of invention imputed to POPE from a view of his PASTORALS , is equally imputable to the Bucolics of Virgil , it may be answered , that whatever may be determined of the rest , yet the first and ...
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... should have omitted the opportunity of describing at length it's vene- rable ancient castle , and the fruitful and ex- tenfive prospects which it commands . He * Ver . 233 . + Ver . 265 . The great improvements lately made near Windfor ...
... should have omitted the opportunity of describing at length it's vene- rable ancient castle , and the fruitful and ex- tenfive prospects which it commands . He * Ver . 233 . + Ver . 265 . The great improvements lately made near Windfor ...
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... Should on her fleeping infants fall . The object of fear indicated in the two last lines , is , I believe , new and unborrowed , and interefts us in the fcene defcribed . Under this head it would be unpardonable to omit a capital , and ...
... Should on her fleeping infants fall . The object of fear indicated in the two last lines , is , I believe , new and unborrowed , and interefts us in the fcene defcribed . Under this head it would be unpardonable to omit a capital , and ...
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