An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... Boileau in RHYME , are no more poetical , than the CHARACTERS of Bruyere in PROSE ; and that it is a creative and glowing IMAGINATION , " acer fpiritus ac vis , " and that alone , that can stamp a writer with this exalted and very ...
... Boileau in RHYME , are no more poetical , than the CHARACTERS of Bruyere in PROSE ; and that it is a creative and glowing IMAGINATION , " acer fpiritus ac vis , " and that alone , that can stamp a writer with this exalted and very ...
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... Boileau , for whom it was originally defigned . " INCAPABLE PEUTETRE DU SUBLIME QUI ELEVE L ' AME , ET DU SENTIMENT QUI L ' ATTENDRIT , MAIS FAIT POUR ECLAIRER CEUX A QUI LA NATURE ACCORDA L ' UN ET CC ( c 협 笋 ET L'AUTRE , LABORIEUX ...
... Boileau , for whom it was originally defigned . " INCAPABLE PEUTETRE DU SUBLIME QUI ELEVE L ' AME , ET DU SENTIMENT QUI L ' ATTENDRIT , MAIS FAIT POUR ECLAIRER CEUX A QUI LA NATURE ACCORDA L ' UN ET CC ( c 협 笋 ET L'AUTRE , LABORIEUX ...
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... Boileau concerning mufic is remarkable ; he afferts , qu'on ne peut jamais faire un bon opera ; parceque la mufique ne fauroit narrer ; que les paffions n'y peuvent etre peintes dans toute l'etenduë qu'elles demandent ; que d'ailleurs ...
... Boileau concerning mufic is remarkable ; he afferts , qu'on ne peut jamais faire un bon opera ; parceque la mufique ne fauroit narrer ; que les paffions n'y peuvent etre peintes dans toute l'etenduë qu'elles demandent ; que d'ailleurs ...
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... Boileau attempted an ode , he exhibited a glaring proof , of what will be more fully insisted on in the course of this Effay , that the writer whofe grand , characteristical talent , is * Odyf . 4. 565 . fatyric fatyric or moral poetry ...
... Boileau attempted an ode , he exhibited a glaring proof , of what will be more fully insisted on in the course of this Effay , that the writer whofe grand , characteristical talent , is * Odyf . 4. 565 . fatyric fatyric or moral poetry ...
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... BOILEAU . Superior beings when of late they faw , A mortal man unfold all nature's law ; Admir'd fuch wisdom in an earthly shape , And fhew'd a Newton as we fhew an ape . Pore . Simia coelicolum rifufque jocufque deorum eft , * Of ...
... BOILEAU . Superior beings when of late they faw , A mortal man unfold all nature's law ; Admir'd fuch wisdom in an earthly shape , And fhew'd a Newton as we fhew an ape . Pore . Simia coelicolum rifufque jocufque deorum eft , * Of ...
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