An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... spirit , all your inver- . fions and transpositions will not disguise and extinguish it ; but it will retain its luftre , like a diamond , unset , and thrown back into the rubbish of the mine . Let us make a little experiment on the fol ...
... spirit , all your inver- . fions and transpositions will not disguise and extinguish it ; but it will retain its luftre , like a diamond , unset , and thrown back into the rubbish of the mine . Let us make a little experiment on the fol ...
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... spirit predomi- nates through the whole . Nor is any thing wanting to crown and complete the fublimity of of this ode with absolute beauty ; nor can the 18 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS ing the immutability of his councils by the ...
... spirit predomi- nates through the whole . Nor is any thing wanting to crown and complete the fublimity of of this ode with absolute beauty ; nor can the 18 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS ing the immutability of his councils by the ...
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... subjoins , much in the spirit of Denham , Beasts urg'd by us their fellow beasts pursue , And learn of man each other to undo . * Ver . 124 . When Where he is defcribing the tyrannies formerly exercised in this AND GENIUS OF POPE . 31.
... subjoins , much in the spirit of Denham , Beasts urg'd by us their fellow beasts pursue , And learn of man each other to undo . * Ver . 124 . When Where he is defcribing the tyrannies formerly exercised in this AND GENIUS OF POPE . 31.
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... spirit of what Dryden ascribes to the fong of his Grecian artist ; for when Timotheus cries out REVENGE , raises the furies , and calls up to Alexander's view a troop of Grecian ghosts that were flain and left unburied , inglorious and ...
... spirit of what Dryden ascribes to the fong of his Grecian artist ; for when Timotheus cries out REVENGE , raises the furies , and calls up to Alexander's view a troop of Grecian ghosts that were flain and left unburied , inglorious and ...
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... spirit of liber- ty . I must refer the reader to the characters of Alc¿us and of Milton in the two first , and to the stanza of Mr. West's ode on the barons procuring magna charta , which I chuse to give at length , because it contains ...
... spirit of liber- ty . I must refer the reader to the characters of Alc¿us and of Milton in the two first , and to the stanza of Mr. West's ode on the barons procuring magna charta , which I chuse to give at length , because it contains ...
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