An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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Page 53
... story , and selecting a more new , as well as more ftriking incident , in the life of Orpheus . It was the cuftom of this time , for almost every rhymer to try his hand in an ode on St. Cecilia ; we find many despicable rapfodies , fo ...
... story , and selecting a more new , as well as more ftriking incident , in the life of Orpheus . It was the cuftom of this time , for almost every rhymer to try his hand in an ode on St. Cecilia ; we find many despicable rapfodies , fo ...
Page 60
... story . I have lately feen a manuscript ode , entitled , " On the Ufe and Abuse of Po- etry , " in which Orpheus is confidered in ano- ther , and a higher light , according to ancient mythology , as the first legislator and civilizer of ...
... story . I have lately feen a manuscript ode , entitled , " On the Ufe and Abuse of Po- etry , " in which Orpheus is confidered in ano- ther , and a higher light , according to ancient mythology , as the first legislator and civilizer of ...
Page 63
... story of the celebrated Lully , who having been one day accused of ne- ver fetting any thing to mufic , but the languid verfes of Quin- ault , was immediately animated with the reproach , and as it were seized with a kind of enthusiasm ...
... story of the celebrated Lully , who having been one day accused of ne- ver fetting any thing to mufic , but the languid verfes of Quin- ault , was immediately animated with the reproach , and as it were seized with a kind of enthusiasm ...
Page 72
... story of Ganymede is introduced not very artificially . To thefe may be added that exquifite ode in praise of Apollo , de- fcriptive of his birth and victories , which we find about the middle of the last act of the Iphigenia in Tauris ...
... story of Ganymede is introduced not very artificially . To thefe may be added that exquifite ode in praise of Apollo , de- fcriptive of his birth and victories , which we find about the middle of the last act of the Iphigenia in Tauris ...
Page 80
... the deadness and infipidity of the verfification , arrested * See his Works , vol . 4. pag , 18 . his attention by the force of the story . The his 80 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS quently order him to make English verses. ...
... the deadness and infipidity of the verfification , arrested * See his Works , vol . 4. pag , 18 . his attention by the force of the story . The his 80 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS quently order him to make English verses. ...
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